Aero Logistics / Bayswater Road Aerial Surveys Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II VH-AL3 Arrives into Rockhampton Airport - Plus More!

On Sunday 27 April, one of the newer aerial survey aircraft to operate in Central Queensland in the form of Aero Logistics / Bayswater Road Aerial Surveys Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II VH-AL3 was noted arriving into Rockhampton Airport from Archerfield.

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It looked to complete some aerial surveying at different locations whilst flying up to Rocky.

While BPW Aviation / Airspeed Aviation Cessna 441 Conquest II VH-EQU landed at Emerald Airport from Tamworth and then departed to Alice Springs. 

UPDATE!  On Monday 28 April, VH-EQU returned to Emerald Airport from Alice Springs before departing to Archerfield.  Over the course of the next few days, VH-EQU was then noted visiting most centres on the coast of Queensland all the way up to Cairns before returning to Archerfield at the end of the week.

And American-registered but seemingly Australian-based Pilatus PC-12/47E (NG) N175NG landed at Blackall Airport from Archerfield and this afternoon departed to Ambalindum. 

Meanwhile, on Saturday 26 April, seemingly Australian based but American registered Eclipse Aviation EA550 Very Light jet (VLJ) bizjet N771MT was noted arriving into Longreach Airport from the Sunshine Coast.  It then flew up to Winton Airport.

UPDATE!  On Monday 28 April, N771MT departed Winton Airport for the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour and then back to the Sunshine Coast.

While Mitchell Water Cessna 525 Citation M2 bizjet VH-WMY visited the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour from Melbourne (Moorabbin) via Ararat.

Looks like we also missed a similar visit to Shute Harbour - and Roma and Chinchilla Airports - about a fortnight earlier.

And Tindal Air (NT) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-NNA visited Hamilton Island Airport from Archerfield and Brisbane.

Finally, on Friday 25 April, Graham Aviation (Cairns) Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-FMZ flew down from Cairns to Hamilton Island Airport.  It looked to return to Cairns and then onwards to Mareeba on Sunday 27 April.