Heli Support - Papua New Guinea (PNG) - Aerospatiale AS350B2 Squirrel Helicopter P2-PDC Spotted at Gladstone Airport - Plus More!

On Tuesday 10 December, nice Heli Support - Papua New Guinea (PNG) - Aerospatiale AS350B2 Squirrel helicopter P2-PDC was spotted at Gladstone Airport.

It looked to fly up from Caloundra to Gladstone Airport before then continuing up to Mackay, Townsville and Cairns Airports.

UPDATE!  On Wednesday 11 December, P2-PDC continued up to Port Moresby in PNG via Cooktown and Lockhart River 

Meanwhile, also on Tuesday 10 December, Archer Aviation Service Cirrus SR22 VH-YJY visited my local Clermont Aerodrome from Archerfield.

Western Downs Civil (Chinchilla) Raytheon B200 King Air VH-85H as "Navair 179" flew up from Archerfield at Clermont Aerodrome and then across to Moranbah and Mackay Airports.

UPDATE!  On Wednesday 11 December, VH-85H "Navair 179" departed Mackay Airport for Bowen Aerodrome and the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour.

UPDATE!  On Thursday 12 December, VH-85H "Navair 179" departed the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour for Archerfield.

Townsville Airlines Raytheon B1900D VH-PSK arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Cairns and Townsville and then departed to Brisbane. 

Austrek Aviation Cessna 310R VH-DZU visited Moura Aerodrome from Toowoomba.

And the Queensland Government (State of Queensland) Beech B300C Super King Air 350 VH-8PH landed at Gladstone from Brisbane then departed to Miles and Brisbane.

Finally, also on Tuesday 10 December, ML Aviation / Business Aviation Solutions Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000 bizjet VH-8MR flew up from Brisbane to Hamilton Island Airport.  It then flew down to Melbourne (Essendon).

Stroud Aviation and Transportation (Boonah) / Navair Flight Operations Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-SHI as "Navair 113" landed at Bundaberg from Archerfield and Hervey Bay and this afternoon departed back to Archerfield. 

The locally-based Embraer EMB-550 Legacy 500 bizjet N142GZ flew back to Mackay Airport from Melbourne (Essendon) after flying down there in late November.

And LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFA "Ambulance 614"  arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Townsville then departed to Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport and then onwards to Brisbane.  It later flew back into Rockhampton Airport from Brisbane and then departed back to Townsville.

All photos taken by Glenn Lloyd  ©