Bowenville-based Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ Bizjet VH-JSZ Calls into Rockhampton Airport Again - Plus More!

On Friday 14 April, Bowenville (near Toowoomba) based Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ bizjet VH-JSZ visited Rockhampton Airport once again from Archerfield.

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Dalydine P/L (Pilatus Australia) Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-PDE (ex VH-FGZ) flew up from Archerfield to Hamilton Island then down to Planet Downs Station near Rolleston and then back to Archerfield.

New South Wales-based Beech 35-C33 Bonanza VH-DDB flew down from Rolleston Aerodrome to Moree and Bankstown.  It looks to have arrived into the region the previous day.

New South Wales-based Cessna 182 VH-FUZ visited Rockhampton Airport from Inverell.

Brisbane-based Hewitt Cattle Australia P/L SOCATA TBM 700 VH-PGA completed two flights from Archerfield to Moura Aerodrome and back to Archerfield.

Telford Aviation Beech A36 Bonanza VH-MPT flew down from Julia Creek to Hughenden and then my local Clermont Aerodrome and then Biloela / Thangool Airport.  It then flew onwards to Archerfield.  VH-MPT looks to have flown up there over the previous couple of days.

FKG Air (Redjet Aviation) Hawker Beechcraft B200GT VH-FKB visited Bundaberg Airport from its Toowoomba base.

Machjet (Machjet International) Hawker Beechcraft B200 King Air VH-ZSY arrived into Rockhampton Airport from the North.  It then departed to Brisbane.

And General Aviation Maintenance (GAM) Aero Commander 500-S VH-UJU departed Rockhampton Airport and completed an aerial survey flight out of and around Rocky before landing back at Rockhampton Airport.  It later departed and eventually landed at Mackay Airport.  VH-UJU had arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Bankstown and Brisbane in the days prior.

Photo taken by 'JM'  ©

UPDATE!  On Wednesday 19 April, VH-UJU departed Mackay Airport (pictured above) for Archerfield.

Meanwhile, also on Friday 14 April, Hinterland Aviation completed a swap of aircraft operating out of Rockhampton Airport with Cessna 208 Caravan VH-JES departing to the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site as HND320 and then Townsville as HND221.  While fellow Cessna 208 Caravan VH-ETF flew down to Labona from Townsville as HND220 and then across to Rockhampton Airport as HND321. 

Finally, also on Friday 14 April, Bundaberg-based LifeFlight Bell 412EP VH-XCI "Rescue 522" flew up from Bundaberg Airport to Thangool and then Rockhampton Hospital then back to Bundaberg Airport. 

And RACQ LifeFlight Agusta Westland AW139 helicopter VH-XIJ completed a training flight from Toowoomba to Chinchilla and Gladstone Airports and then back.