Adome P/L (Brisbane) Cessna 525 CitationJet M2 Bizjet VH-YWS Pops into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More!

On Friday 24 September, Brisbane-based Cessna 525 CitationJet M2 bizjet VH-YWS was noted visiting Hamilton Island Airport.

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It looked to arrive from and then later depart back to its Archerfield base.

The familiar sight of Machjet (Machjet International) Cessna 525 Citation CJ1 bizjet VH-SIY was back in the region again on Friday 24 September, with it this time visiting Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport.  VH-SIY arrived from the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast and then later returned direct to the Sunshine Coast.

Meanwhile, also on Friday 24 September, Vanderfield Pilatus PC-12/47 VH-WPH returned to the air after around a month hangered at the Gold Coast.  It departed from there for Theodore and Emerald Airports before it then headed 'home' to Toowoomba.

In its absence, Vanderfield Cessna 210N VH-JSC has been busy flying all around the state and the Central Queensland region with it noted visiting Emerald Airport (amongst other places) across Tuesday 21 September and Wednesday 22 September.

Noted arriving into Rockhampton Airport, also on Friday 24 September, was MH5 Air (Sunshine Coast) SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad VH-CIL.  It arrived from Toowoomba.

VH-CIL has also visited Roma, Charleville and Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airports in recent weeks.

While Hinterland Aviation Cessna 208 Caravan VH-CVN looked to complete a training flight out of Rockhampton Airport towards Gladstone and then Great Keppel Island and back to Rockhampton Airport.

And Awesome Aviation (of Perth in Western Australia) Beech 1900D VH-JYA was seemingly back on the Queensland Police Service flights, with it noted visiting Rockhampton Airport.  VH-JYA flew down from Cairns and Townsville to Brisbane before then calling into Rockhampton Airport.  It continued back up to Townsville and then Cairns.

Finally, also on Friday 24 September, Link Airways (Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation) Cessna 441 Conquest VH-VEH was noted operating out of Mackay Airport as "Survey 23".  It looked to arrive from Far North Queensland the previous day and on Friday, it completed a pair of aerial survey flights out of and back to Mackay Airport, around and to the North of Moranbah.

Of interest, fellow Link Airways (Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation) Cessna 441 Conquest VH-VEW as "Survey 24" has completed survey flights out of Archerfield over the South-East corner of the state over the latter part of this week.

Photo taken by Ryan Hothersall  ©