An interesting visitor to pass through Longreach Airport on Tuesday 20 June was Astra Aerospace / Air Affairs (Australia) Learjet 35A bizjet VH-LPS. It looked to arrive direct from HMAS Albatross at Nowra in New South Wales and then depart to Weipa in Far North Queensland.
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Information suggests that it is heading up to Far North Queensland to take on a medical evacuation role.
While Multiquip Poultry / Navair Flight Operations Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100EV bizjet VH-MQX as "Navair 169" departed Mackay Airport for Archerfield. It had arrived from Bankstown the previous day.
And Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-PAC visited Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport while on a flight out of and back to its Sunshine Coast base.
Meanwhile, also on Tuesday 20 June, Dalydine P/L (Pilatus Australia) Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-PDE flew up from Mungindi to Planet Downs and later down to Archerfield.
The Queensland Government Airwing (State of Queensland) Raytheon B300 Super King Air VH-SGQ flew up from Brisbane to Rockhampton Airport and then Townsville and Cairns. It had flown South earlier in the day.
And McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International aircraft were noted using a new company flight number and callsign of 'MC' / "Machflight".
Beech B200 King Air turboprops VH-ZSY as "Machflight 55", VH-NSN as "Machflight 22" and then "Machflight 11" were both heard flying out of Cairns and Townsville.
Finally, also on Tuesday 20 June, there were the 'usual' Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) charters into the region including Southern Air Beech 1900 VH-YSO which visited Moranbah Airport once again. It arrived from Latrobe Valley and Bourke and then departed back to Latrobe Valley and then eventually to Melbourne (Moorabbin).
DeGunst Transport P/L Textron (Cessna) 208 Caravan VH-NPZ operated from Bundaberg Airport to Nebo Aerodrome and back direct (it seemed).
While Hinterland Aviation Cessna 208 Caravan VH-MRZ looked to fly down to Mackay Airport from Townsville and then to the Labona Station Airstrip within Adani Australia's (Bravus Mining & Resources) Carmichael Coal Mine site and back to Mackay Airport and Townsville as HND2290/1/2/3.
And finally, after arriving the previous day, Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-300 VH-QQL operated once again out of Rockhampton Airport to Labona but it then continued to Townsville and then back to Labona and Rocky as SKP773/764/783/774.
Fellow Skytrans Dash-8-100 VH-QQI also arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns late on Monday (as SKP531) and on Tuesday flew from Rocky to Labona and back as SKP777/8. It then departed to Brisbane as SKP512.
Fellow Skytrans Dash-8-100 VH-QQB also arrived into Rockhampton Airport but from Brisbane as SKP511.
Photo taken by Craig Murray ©
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