Gulf Aircraft (Brisbane) Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Bizjet VH-PYN Pops into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More!

On Tuesday 22 December, Gulf Aircraft Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign bizjet VH-PYN was noted visiting Hamilton Island Airport.

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It looked to fly up from and then later return to Brisbane.

UPDATE!  On Wednesday 23 December, VH-PYN looked to again visit Hamilton Island Airport, this time flying in from Brisbane via Swan Hill (Victoria) and Wagga Wagga (New South Wales).  It then returned to Brisbane.

UPDATE!  On Thursday 24 December, VH-PYN called into Hamilton Island Airport for the third day in-a-row, again arriving from and later departing back to Brisbane.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday 22 December, Brisbane-based Pesca Aviation AeroCommander 690-A Turbo Commander VH-ATF was spotted as it visited Rockhampton Airport from Archerfield.

While slightly smaller visitors in the region included Van's RV-10 VH-BKK visiting Middlemount Aerodrome from Warwick, while Hawker Beechcraft G36 Bonanza VH-MMR visited my local Clermont Aerodrome from Goondiwindi.

Finally, on Monday 21 December, Wagga Air Centre (Mabena) SOCATA TBM-850 VH-PVM as "Wagga Air 669" popped into Hamilton Island Airport after flying up from Wagga Wagga.  It later returned to Wagga Wagga flying via Mittagong.

While Edwards Coaches Cessna 441 VH-TAZ departed Mackay Airport for Tyabb and Armidale after it arrived from its Armidale home base on Sunday 20 December.

Photos taken by Kayanne Hardsman and Steve Vit  ©