Late Pair of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-200 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Aircraft A39-001 & A39-005 at Rockhampton Airport

Late on Wednesday 13 November, a pair of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-200 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft were noted touching down and completed missed approaches at Rockhampton Airport.  This is their second visit for the week - see Blog post below!

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First up, A39-001 as "Dragon 46" arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Townsville and parked up for a little while.  It then departed back to Townsville.

Later, A39-005 as "Dragon 17" also flew down from Townsville to Rockhampton Airport but it completed a missed approach before then also heading back to Townsville.

It was a busy night!

UPDATE!  During Thursday 14 November, both A39-005 as "Thumper 11" and A39-001 as "Thumper 12" both took to the air out of Townsville and flew together for a while before A39-005 returned to Townsville and A39-001 flew down to RAAF Base Amberley.

Photo taken by Scott Harris  ©