New S. Kidman & Co. Pilatus PC-12/47E NGX VH-SKW at Longreach Airport - Plus More!

On Thursday 1 August, Pilatus PC-12/47E NGX VH-SKW was noted departing Longreach Airport for Archerfield.  It had arrived the previous day from Fossil Downs Station, Kununurra and Mount Isa.

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The brand-new production aircraft was registered to well-known cattle producers S. Kidman & Co. in Brisbane during May and was delivered into Adelaide via Darwin from overseas in early June.

As shown above, the PC-12 was built in Switzerland and wore the test registration marking of HB-FRT (sn 2366) before being placed on the Australian Aircraft Register.

Meanwhile, also on Thursday 1 August, McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 bizjet VH-SUY as "Machflight 421" arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Mackay Airport and then departed to Brisbane and then the Sunshine Coast.  It appears to have flown North from the Sunny Coast the previous day.

And LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFC "Ambulance 634" flew down from Townsville to Rockhampton Airport and then Brisbane.  It then flew up Mackay Airport and then to Cairns and then back to Townsville.

Finally, also on Thursday 1 August, Auslink Aviation / Aircrew Training and Support Diamond DA-20-C1 VH-HUU visited Rockhampton Airport from Archerfield via Gayndah Aerodrome.

Link Airways (Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation) Cessna 441 Conquest VH-VEJ visited my local Clermont Aerodrome from Brisbane.

Victoria based Textron (Cessna) 182T VH-ZJB landed at Longreach Airport from Porepunkah, Victoria and Bourke.

UPDATE!  Over the next 10 days, VH-ZJB continued up to Far North Queensland before returning to Porepunkah from Charleville Airport on Sunday 11 August.