Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan Transport Aircraft A34-009 "Wallaby 52" Completes Airwork at Fraser Coast Airports - Plus More!

On Wednesday 9 August, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan transport aircraft A34-009 was noted completing airwork at a couple of Fraser Coast Airports.

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It was flying as "Wallaby 52" and departed RAAF Base Amberley and flew at low level up the Fraser Coast and around Fraser Island before then completing a missed approach at Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport.  It then flew across to Bundaberg Airport and completed more airwork including at least one touch-and-go approach.

A34-009 "Wallaby 52" then returned to Amberley via more airwork at Kingaroy.

Meanwhile, back on Monday 7 August, fellow RAAF C-27J Spartans A34-004 as "Wallaby 36" and A34-007 as "Wallaby 31" completed airwork at Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) and Miles Airports respectively.

Finally, also on Wednesday 9 August, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-200 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A39-006 "Dragon 42" departed Rockhampton Airport and flew to Adelaide before then flying back to RAAF Base Amberley. It had arrived the previous day - see Blog post below!

Photo taken by Peter Sajko  ©