'Infamous' Piper Twin Comanche PA-30 VH-DUI Sold and Departs Maryborough Airport

In September 2015 we reported on the unusual story from Maryborough Airport where a New South Wales registered 1965 built Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche - registered VH-DUI - was detained and searched by Queensland Police following the identification of two Perth men, who flew the plane to Maryborough, as being alleged "drug kingpins".

File photo taken by David Geck  ©

In December 2015, VH-DUI was sold to a private owner in Sydney and on Tuesday 12 January, it finally departed Maryborough destined for Bankstown.

You can read the original story - including more photos - HERE.

Meanwhile, Cessna 172 VH-DZW, which is flown by locally-based Mile High Aviation, has been quite busy operating local flights out of and around Maryborough along with a flight to the Sunshine Coast and back also on Tuesday 12 January.

On Wednesday 13 January, Sunshine Coast-based Aero Dynamic Flight Academy Cessna 310 VH-NFE popped into Maryborough Airport for part of the day.

Finally, on Monday 11 January, the Queensland Police Service (Airwing) Raytheon B1900D VH-PSK called into Maryborough Airport during a busy day of flying where it also called into Cairns, Mackay, Rockhampton and Brisbane.