Queensland Government Aircraft call into Barcaldine and Longreach Airports for Labour Day Celebrations and a Country Cabinet - Plus More!

On Monday 3 May, Queensland Labour Day celebrations and a Queensland Government Community Cabinet Meeting resulted in two of the Queensland Government (State of Queensland) Airwing aircraft bringing the Queensland Premier, Ministers and support staff to both Barcaldine and Longreach Airports.

The Government's Raytheon Hawker 850XP bizjet VH-SGY arrived into Barcaldine Airport from Brisbane before later flying across to Longreach Airport.

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While the Government's Raytheon B300 Super King Air VH-SGQ also arrived into Longreach Airport but direct from Brisbane.

At the time of writing, both aircraft appear to be spending the night parked at Longreach Airport.

UPDATE!  On Tuesday 4 May, VH-SGY flew across to Rockhampton Airport before flying down to Gladstone Airport and then back to Brisbane.  While VH-SGQ also flew across to Rockhampton Airport before it too flew down to Gladstone Airport but it stayed parked.

Also noted calling into Longreach Airport, also on Monday 3 May, was Vanguard Aviation Cessna 525 CitationJet1 bizjet VH-DAA.  It arrived from Darwin and later departed to Archerfield.

Meanwhile, also on Monday 3 May, Graham Aviation (Cairns) Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-FNI was noted visiting Hamilton Island Airport from its Cairns base.

Finally, also on Monday 3 May, Hinterland Aviation completed an aircraft swap at Rockhampton Airport with Cessna 208 Caravan VH-TFS flying down from Cairns as 'HND790' before a little later, fellow Cessna 208 Caravan VH-NDC departed to Cairns also as 'HND790'.  

Fellow Hinterland Aviation Cessna 208 Caravan VH-LZK remains operating out of Rockhampton Airport.

Cirrus SR22 VH-CWG flew out from the Sunshine Coast to Tambo and then Rockhampton Airport before it then returned to the Sunny Coast.

And Handel Aviation Cessna 210 VH- ZIK and Cessna 310 VH-NXS both landed at Gladstone Airport.  VH-ZIK flew up from the Gold Coast while VH-NXS flew up from Melbourne (Moorabbin) via Charleville Airport.

Photo taken by 'AC'  ©