Australian Based American Registered Eclipse Aviation EA550 Bizjet N771MT Pops into Bundaberg Airport - Plus More!

On Thursday 29 June, seemingly Australian based but American registered Eclipse Aviation EA550 Very Light jet (VLJ) bizjet N771MT was noted visiting Bundaberg Airport.

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

While Avcair (Avgunn) LearJet 60 bizjet VH-ILJ also visited Bundaberg Airport, flying in from Brisbane.  It then departed to Rockhampton Airport, Emerald Airport and Longreach Airport before returning to Brisbane.

And Air Charter Services / Flight Options (Australia) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-VKX flew into Hamilton Island Airport from Brisbane and Melbourne (Essendon) before later departing to Cairns.

Meanwhile, also on Thursday 29 June, Darwin-based Cessna 310R VH-DAI popped into Longreach Airport while flying down from Mount Isa to the Gold Coast.  It had flown across from Darwin and Borroloola the previous day.

VH-DAI also flew up to the Top End from the Gold Coast last Thursday and Friday, again via Longreach Airport and Mount Isa.

After completing several days of aerial survey flights out and back, Dino Air (Interair) Piper PA-31 Navajo VH-XGL departed the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour for Roma Airport.

While Brisbane-based Crockett Aviation Group Beech B200 King Air VH-FAQ also flew into the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site from Archerfield before then returning there but via the Sunshine Coast.

And Flight One (Services) Raytheon B300 Super King Air VH-UVH flew up from Archerfield and the Sunshine Coast to Labona before returning to Archerfield direct.

Photo taken by Tony Haynes  ©