A Few Corporate Bizjets Come and Go from the Whitsunday Airports - Plus More!

On Monday 3 October, Redjet Aviation (Toowoomba) Falcon 50 Dassault Mystere Falcon 50 VH-FJQ was noted visiting Hamilton Island Airport.

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It looked to arrive from the Gold Coast before it then later departed to Sydney.

Jampair P/L (Navair Flight Operations) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300E bizjet VH-NSQ flew up from Bankstown to Hamilton Island Airport before then flying up to Townsville and then back to Bankstown.

Special Mining Services / Flight Options (Australia) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300E bizjet VH-UYX flew up from the Gold Coast to Hamilton Island Airport before flying down to Melbourne (Essendon) and Sydney.

Arcturus Group P/L / Flight Options (Australia) Dassault Falcon 2000EX bizjet VH-EWB departed Hamilton Island Airport for Sydney.  It had arrived from there on Friday 30 September.

While Mitchell Water Cessna 525 Citation M2 bizjet VH-WMY had a busy day of flying.  It departed Melbourne (Moorabbin) for Melbourne (Essendon) before then calling into Miles, Chinchilla and then the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour.  It then flew back to Miles and then Chinchilla Airports before flying back down to Essendon and back to Moorabbin.

And seemingly Australian based but American registered Eclipse Aviation EA550 Very Light jet (VLJ) bizjet N771MT looked to pop into Kingaroy Aerodrome from its Sunshine Coast base.

N771MT also looked to visit Kingaroy Aerodrome on Saturday 1 October.

Meanwhile, also on Monday 3 October, Nebrean P/L Hawker Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air 250 VH-JHP visited Hamilton Island Airport from Toowoomba.

Brisbane-based JGB Holdings Piper PA-31-325 VH-FHQ flew back down to Mackay Airport from Townsville before then returning to Brisbane.  It had flown North, also via Mackay Airport, on Wednesday 28 September.

RDO Equipment Co. (ex Vanderfield) Pilatus PC-12/47 VH-WPH flew up from Toowoomba to Dalby and then Emerald Airport.

And Aero Facilities (Adelaide) Cessna 208 Grand Caravan VH-FWX passed through Longreach Airport while flying up from Adelaide to Cairns.

Of interest, this aircraft was delivered to Australia via Darwin and Adelaide in May this year wearing the Sri Lankan registration marking of 4R-EXP.  It was subsequently placed on the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FWX in June.

Photos taken by Simon Coates and Tony Haynes  ©️