QGAir Rescue (State of Queensland) Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopters (Agusta) AW139 Helicopter VH-EGK Ferries South via Rockhampton Airport

On Saturday 19 October, Queensland Government (QGAir) Rescue (State of Queensland)  Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopter (Agusta) AW139 helicopter VH-EGK was noted ferrying South from Townsville to Archerfield via Rockhampton Airport.

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VH-EGK has been operating out of Townsville Airport in recent weeks as "Rescue 521" and has seemingly ferried South to Archerfield to complete planned maintenance.

As we have mentioned previously, this is part of the 'rotational system' the service utilises to ensure the even distribution of flying hours on each of the QGAir Rescue helicopters.  This system avoids the need to have multiple helicopters offline for simultaneous scheduled maintenance.

I presume that another AW139 helicopter will ferry North via CQ Airports to replace VH-EGK in Far North Queensland.

Photo taken by Leroy  ©