Southern Airlines Beech 1900C VH-VSO Calls into Emerald Airport on Weekly FIFO Flight - Plus More!

On Tuesday 12 July, Southern Air Beech 1900 VH-VSO was spotted visiting Emerald Airport on its weekly Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) charter flight.

As it has done for the past month or so, VH-VSO (or sister-ship VH-YSO last week) landed at Emerald from West Sale and Bourke before later departing back to West Sale and then to Melbourne (Moorabbin).

Meanwhile also on Tuesday 12 July, MacKellar Mining Equipment Pty Ltd (Revesco Aviation) Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign bizjet VH-MMC was noted visiting the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site. It looked to arrive from and then later depart back to its Sunshine Coast base.

Brescon (Toowoomba) Beech B200 King Air VH-DYN also was noted arriving into Labona but from Toowoomba-Wellcamp.

UPDATE!  Early on Wednesday 13 July, VH-DYN departed Labona and returned to Wellcamp.

While Austrek Aviation Beech B200 King Air VH-WXO flew out of the Gold Coast for Longreach Airport. It then departed to Alice Springs and Peterman (Kings Street Station) in the Northern Territory.

Diamond DA-40 Diamond Star VH-YJP departed Longreach Airport for Mount Isa. It had arrived from Toowoomba and Roma Airports the previous day.

Raytheon 58 Baron VH-EZR arrived into Longreach Airport from its Chinchilla Airport base.

UPDATE!  On Thursday 14 July, VH-EZR departed Longreach Airport and returned to Chinchilla Airport.

DeGunst Transport P/L Textron (Cessna) 208 Caravan VH-NPZ made its weekly flight from Bundaberg to Nebo Airfield before then flying across to Mackay Airport, where it seems to be staying for the night.

UPDATE!  On Wednesday 13 July, VH-NPZ departed Mackay Airport for Rockhampton Airport before returning to Bundy.

Flanagan Aviation (New South Wales) Beech 95-B55 Baron VH-EUZ visited Bundaberg Airport from its Lismore base.

Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-MDH of M. D. H. P/L (Cloncurry) was noted flying across from Devoncourt Station to my local Clermont Aerodrome before it later departed to Archerfield.

And the Queensland Government Airwing (State of Queensland) Raytheon B300 Super King Air VH-SGQ flew north from Brisbane to Cairns before then calling into Townsville and Rockhampton Airports and the back to Brisbane.

Finally late on Tuesday 12 July, Pionair Australia British Aerospace BAe 146-200QC VH-SAZ was noted arriving into Rockhampton Airport from Horn Island and Cairns as 'SFZ643' / "Skyforce 643". It then departed to Brisbane later as as 'SFZ9064' / "Skyforce 9064".

Photo taken by 'AC'  ©