Skydive Australia (New South Wales) Cessna 208 Caravan VH-OZQ Arrives into the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour - Plus More!

On Saturday 27 January, Sydney-registered Skydive Australia Cessna 208 Caravan VH-OZQ flew into the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour from the Woolongong and the Sunshine Coast. This seems to be the first time it has operated in the region for the locally-based Skydiving Airlie Beach.

While down the road at the Lakeside Airpark, fellow Sydney-registered Cessna 208 Caravan VH-FYC ferried up on Friday 26 January from Caloundra for parachuting operations by Airlie Beach Skydiving based at Laguna Quays.

Meanwhile, also on Saturday 27 January, Queensland Government (QGAir) Rescue (State of Queensland) Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopter (Agusta) AW139 helicopter VH-EGK ferried South from Townsville to Archerfield via Rockhampton Airport.

LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFC "Ambulance 634" flew into Miles Airport from Brisbane.  It then flew to Charleville Airport and the Toowoomba-Wellcamp Airport before returning to Brisbane

And Beech 95-B55 VH-MYM visited Rockhampton Airport from its Gayndah Aerodrome base.

Photo taken by Lee Holloway  ©