'New' Yulgilbar Aviation / Australian Corporate Jet Centres Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Bizjet VH-YUL First Visit to CQ at Mackay Airport - Plus More!

On Friday 31 July, I find it hard to believe that 'new' Yulgilbar Aviation / Australian Corporate Jet Centres Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign bizjet VH-YUL made its first visit to the region, visiting Mackay Airport from Melbourne (Essendon).

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Of interest the Citation Sovereign (cn 680-0290) was registered in February 2025 and replaced their Cessna 560 Citation Encore (cn 560-0553) which also wore the registration marking of VH-YUL and then VH-YUI from December 2024 before then being re-registered again in October 2025 as VH-AJ5 also to Yulgilbar Aviation / Australian Corporate Jet Centres.

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While Homada Pty Ltd Cessna 560XL Citation XLS bizjet VH-XCU visited Hamilton Island Airport from Essendon.

Belle Boats P/L (Victoria) Cirrus SF50 bizjet VH-L4S visited Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport from the Sunshine Coast.

And Forster Helicopters (Townsville) Airbus AS350B3e Squirrel helicopter VH-AH5 operated out of Rockhampton Airport as "Firebird 499" with a Bag. 

And Sikorsky EH-60A Black Hawk N61AA was noted passing through Birdsville Airport.

Meanwhile, also on Friday 31 July, Mabena P/L (Wagga Air Centre) Pilatus PC-12/47E NGX VH-A8K as "Wagga Air 669" departed Blackall Airport to a property just northwest of Meandarra and later departed there to Tamworth.

Of interest, on Thursday 30 July, VH-A8K, also as "Wagga Air 669" flew into Blackall Airport from 'Gregory Downs'.

And Crockett Aviation Group / Navair Flight Operations 'new' Beech B200 King Air VH-8EJ as "Navair 173" arrived into Winton Airport from Archerfield.

UPDATE!  On Monday 3 August, VH-8EJ as "Navair 173" hopped from Winton Airport to Longreach Airport before later departing to Archerfield.

Finally, also on Friday 31 July, a pair of Skytrans Airlines Dash-8-Q200s completed a North to South and vice versa swap via Rockhampton Airport. VH-TQX as SKP541 arrived from Sydney and departed to Cairns but as SKP544, while VH-TQG as SKP543 arrived from Cairns and departed to Sydney but as SKP542.

Photos taken by Tony Haynes and Lloyd Fox  ©