Platinum Aviation (South Australia) Hawker Beechcraft B200 VH-XBZ Pops into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More!

On Sunday 5 January, Platinum Aviation (South Australia) Hawker Beechcraft B200 VH-XBZ was noted visiting Hamilton Island Airport from Adelaide, arriving via Wilpeena Pound.

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I was interested to see that the sleek looking King Air was registered in Australia in October 2019 and was previously registered in Norway as LN-LTF and operated by Lufttransport Fixed Wing AS that operates primarily air ambulance aircraft and helicopters for the Norwegian and Swedish governments

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McDermott Aviation Group / Machjet International Cessna 525C CitationJet CJ4 bizjet VH-PIY as "Machflight 41" visited Rockhampton Airport from the Sunshine Coast and Archerfield. 

And on Saturday 4 January, De Group Air / Business Aviation Solutions Embraer EMB-545 Praetor 500 bizjet VH-8DE arrived into Hamilton Island Airport from Brisbane.  It then departed to Adelaide.

Then on Sunday 5 January, VH-8DE departed Adelaide for New Zealand before returning to Brisbane and Hamilton Island Airport later in the evening.

Photos taken by Tony Haynes  ©

Another Busy Week for LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair Challenger 604 Bizjets VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" & VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" at CQ Airports - Plus More!

Late on Thursday 2 January and into the wee small hours on Friday 3 January, LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" was noted calling into Longreach and Rockhampton Airports while on a flight out of and back to Brisbane.

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UPDATE!  Late on Saturday 4 January, VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" visited Rockhampton Airport once again from Brisbane.

Over the last week, fellow LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair Challenger 604 Bizjet VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" has made a few visits into CQ at Mackay Airport (twice) and Bundaberg Airport while operating out of Townsville.

Also on Friday 3 January, the locally-based Embraer EMB-550 Legacy 500 bizjet N142GZ departed Mackay Airport for Brisbane before returning to the Sugar City later in the day.

Darwin-based Lloyd Aviation Jet Charter Dassault Falcon 900 bizjet VH-PPD departed Hamilton Island Airport for Sydney and Bankstown.  It had arrived from Cairns on the last day of 2024.

And Air Charter Services / Flight Options (Australia) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-VKX visited Hamilton Island Airport from Brisbane, arriving via Sydney.

Photo taken by Garth Coad  ©

Tindal Air (NT) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 Bizjet VH-NNA Pops into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More!

On Thursday 2 January, Tindal Air (NT) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-NNA visited Hamilton Island Airport from Brisbane.

While Revesco Aviation (Western Australia) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-NJC departed Hamilton Island for Brisbane.  It looked to have possibly arrived into Hamo from Perth on Boxing Day.

Edwards Coaches Cessna 441 Conquest II VH-8BE flew up from Armidale and Sydney to Hamilton Island Airport and then back down to Armidale.

And Alliance Airlines Fokker F-100 VH-XWS arrived into Rockhampton Airport from Adelaide as UTY9821 for planned maintenance.

At the time of writing, it remains parked outside the already 'full' Alliance Airlines maintenance hangar at Rockhampton Airport.

Photos taken by Jonathan Williams and 'IAD'  ©

Happy New Year!! An Important Announcement about the Future of The Central Queensland Plane Spotting Blog (CQ Plane Spotting)

Happy New Year!

As we head into the new year, I’d like to again thank all the contributors and followers of the CQ Plane Spotting Blog on Facebook and X (Twitter) and on the original and this main Blogspot page - http://cqplanespotting.blogspot.com/

I’ve made the decision to scale back reporting of movements on this the main site - almost back to what we did originally over 14 years ago when we started this thing which was to highlight ‘significant’ aircraft movements rather than what has become a daily digest of reporting on the same bizjets and light GA aircraft seemingly day in day out.

Newsworthy events and stories will also continue be reported on this the main site.

I hope that our loyal followers will continue to support the CQ Plane Spotting across all platforms and understand that work and family commitments have contributed to this scaling back of reporting on the main site.

I sincerely hope you and your families have had a very Happy Christmas and enjoy a happy and prosperous new year!

Damian F