A Couple of Familiar Bizjets Call into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More Over This Weekend!

On Sunday 6 February, a nice trio of familiar corporate bizjets were all noted calling into Hamilton Island Airport.

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Baron Capital Cessna 525 Citation CJ1 VH-TFW looked to pop into Hamilton Island Airport after flying up from Armidale.  It later departed to Inverell.  This was the reverse of a flight it took earlier in the week when it also visited Hamo.

Jampair P/L (Navair Flight Operations) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300E bizjet VH-NSQ arrived from and later departed back to Bankstown.

And Graham Aviation (Cairns) Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-FNI looked to arrive from Mareeba and Cairns before then returning to Cairns.

Meanwhile, also over the weekend, on Saturday 5 February, several Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) / Qantas Group Pilot Academy Diamond DA-40 Star training aircraft were noted visiting some Central Queensland Airports, all flying out of their Toowoomba-Wellcamp Airport base.  VH-ERE, VH-EQF, VH-YTR, VH-YTU and VH-PQR all were noted visiting Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast), Bundaberg and Gladstone Airports while flying out of and back to Wellcamp.

While Daniadel Aviation Robinson R44 helicopter VH-KAA departed Mackay Airport for Archerfield via Gayndah Airport(?).  It had arrived into Mackay Airport from Archerfield at the end of January.

Finally, late on Friday 4 February, Cessna 208B Supervan 900 VH-XLF looked to pop into Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport.  It arrived from Bankstown and departed to Caloundra where it usually completes skydiving operations - see file photo below!

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Photos taken by Lloyd Fox and Sunshine Coast Plane Spotting  ©