Monday Morning Plane Spotting at Gladstone Airport - QantasLink Boeing B717-200 VH-NXQ

At Gladstone Airport early on Monday 16 April we managed to sight a couple of QantasLink movements, as well as some visiting light aircraft traffic.  QantasLink (Cobham Aviation) Boeing B717-200 VH-NXQ was noted arriving into Gladstone Airport from Brisbane. It was this aircraft's second visit after it arrived in Brisbane over the weekend, swapping with VH-NXN.

QantasLink (Sunstate Airlines) Dash-8-Q400 VH-QOC, was also noted operating the morning QLK2300 service that flys from Brisbane to Cairns, via Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville.


Some interesting visiting and locally based light aircraft were also noted.  Cessna 206 VH-MSO arrived from Roma for fuel. Apparently, the Jet A-1 was costing $2.01 per litre that day!  It later departed South.

Also noted nearby on the Gladstone Airport General Aviation apron was Partenavia P.68B VH-CCR, which had arrived from the Gold Coast.  While Mackay-based Cessna 172 VH-MBB was also noted.


Around the other side of Gladstone Airport, we called into Aerotor again (see a previous feature Blog Post about Aerotor HERE), where we were noted a couple of Cessna aircraft that were in for maintenance.  Firstly, local Cessna 210 VH-TET was fresh out of the hangar after receiving some work, while noted inside the hangar receiving a 100-hour service was Blackwater-based Cessna 210 VH-JSC.


Watch out in the coming days for a more in-depth report/update on Aerotor and the two projects that they were working on when we visited on Monday.