Holypeak Pty Ltd Challenger 604 Bizjet N360SL at Mackay and Hamilton Island Airports - Plus More!

Holypeak Pty Ltd Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet N360SL flew into Mackay and Hamilton Island Airports on Thursday 15 October.

File photo taken by 'IAD'  ©

It initially looked to land at Mackay after flying North from Brisbane.  N360SL then continued North, reportedly performing a low level overfly of Hamo's Runway 14 before landing and parking for the night.

Meanwhile, another bizjet in the form of locally-based Embraer EMB-550 Legacy 500 N142GZ returned to Mackay Airport from Brisbane on Thursday 15 October.

N142GZ departs Brisbane on Thursday  (Photo taken by Lloyd Fox  ©)

Finally, a few light General Aviation (GA) movements have also been noted calling into Mackay Airport this week with - as mentioned below - Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-VTF and Piper PA-31 Navajo VH-NAD both calling in from Emerald on Thursday 15 October.

Another PC-12 in the form of Vanderfield Pilatus PC-12/47 VH-WPH also called into Mackay on Thursday, flying in from Bundaberg and later departing back to its Toowoomba base.

Another Toowoomba-based lightie in the form of Redjet Aviation Piper PA-31 Navajo VH-PJU also called into Mackay on Thursday while having a couple of days in the Whitsundays.  It flew into the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour on Wednesday 14 October from Toowoomba before flying North to Cairns and Townsville and back to Shute Harbour.  On Thursday, VH-PJU departed Shute Harbour for Mackay and Mount Isa before returning to Toowoomba via Longreach Airport.

Finally, Cairns-based Hopair Cessna 337E Skymaster VH-OIQ passed through Mackay Airport twice this week while flying from Cairns to Archerfield and back to Cairns over the course of Tuesday 13 October and Wednesday 14 October.