P. Aviation (South Australia) Pilatus PC-24 jet VH-8YS Pops into Longreach Airport - Plus More!

On Sunday 1 June, and believed to be making its first visit into the region was P. Aviation (South Australia) Pilatus PC-24 jet VH-8YS.  It arrived into Longreach Airport from Albury and Bankstown and later departed to Darwin.

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While Gulf Coast Aviation Cessna 206 VH-KQM landed at Emerald Airport from Vanrook Station near Normanton via and Hughenden and then departed to Charters Towers Aerodrome and then Mareeba.

And LifeFlight (Aeromed) Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 bizjet VH-OFC "Ambulance 634" had a busy day of flying, calling into Mackay Airport from Townsville before then departing to Brisbane.  It then flew up to Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport and Cairns before returning to Townsville.

Of interest, over the previous couple of weeks since reporting, VH-OFC "Ambulance 634" has been all over CQ including making visits to Roma, Blackall, Longreach, Bundaberg and Rockhampton Airports.

Sistership VH-OFA "Ambulance 614" looks to have visited Emerald, Bundaberg and Rockhampton Airports over the last couple of weeks but now appears to be in the hangar at Brisbane.

And VH-OFB "Ambulance 624" hasn't paid CQ a visit and looks to have been used on some overseas medical retrieval flights.

Meanwhile, on Saturday 31 May, Graham Aviation (Cairns) Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-FMZ flew down from Mareeba and Cairns to Hamilton Island Airport and then across to Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport before returning North.

Victoria-based Pilatus PC-12/47E NGX VH-JMU flew up from Echuca and Latrobe Valley (yesterday) to Maitland, Emerald and then the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour.  It then flew down to Mackay Airport.

UPDATE!  On Friday 6 June, VH-JMU finally left Mackay Airport and returned to the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour before flying down to the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

And Brisbane-based Piper PA-31-350 VH-RPV flew up from Archerfield to Rockhampton Airport and then the Whitsunday Airport at Shute Harbour before the continuing up to Cairns.

Photo taken by Garry Wilkinson  ©