New Nioa Aviation (Avcair) Embraer EMB505 Phenom 300 Bizjet VH-NJR Calls into Rockhampton Airport - Plus More!

On Tuesday 15 October, there were a couple of nice corporate bizjets to visit Rockhampton Airport that were believed to be carrying politicians and support staff into the region to join the hustings for the upcoming State Government Election.  

The most notable was the nice still reasonably new Nioa Aviation (Avcair) Embraer EMB505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-NJR which visited Rockhampton Airport from Brisbane.

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Plus McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Cessna 525C CitationJet CJ4 bizjet VH-PIY "Machflight 421" visited Rockhampton Airport from the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.

While Bowenville (near Toowoomba) based Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ bizjet VH-JSZ visited my local Clermont Aerodrome from Archerfield. 

And LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" visited Emerald Airport from Brisbane.

Meanwhile, also on Tuesday 15 October, Kelsall P/L (Aeronautics and Technology Holdings) Pilatus PC-12/45 VH-PID arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Toowoomba.

UPDATE!  On Thursday 17 October, VH-PID departed Rockhampton Airport back to Toowoomba.

Townsville Airlines Beech 1900D VH-RUE arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns and Townsville and then departed to Brisbane. 

And Seair Pacific / Istlecote Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX VH-MIF flew up to Middlemount Aerodrome from Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport and Maryborough Airport before then flying back down to Hervey Bay Airport.