NQ Heli-Worx (Townsville) Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 Bizjet VH-8GK Pops into Rockhampton Airport - Plus More!

Also on Tuesday 25 August, NQ Heli-Worx (Townsville) Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 bizjet VH-8GK visited Rockhampton Airport from Archerfield.

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It also looks like VH-8GK visited Bundaberg Airport on Sunday 23 August.

Metcalf Heli Service P/L (Victoria) Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter VH-8RK was seen by me departing my local Clermont Aerodrome for Roma Airport.  It seemed to have arrived from the North.

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Turns out, VH-8RK flew up to Cairns via Emerald Airport earlier in the month and was spotted early one morning after arriving the previous evening on its North-bound journey.

Believed to be New Zealand-based Piper PA32R-301 Saratoga SP N100NA, which had flown across from NZ to the Gold Coast last Tuesday and Wednesday, then from Toowoomba to Gladstone Airport on Sunday 23 August, departed there for Bowen Aerodrome.

General Aviation Maintenance (GAM) Rockwell (AeroCommander) 690A VH-YJG landed at Longreach Airport from Brisbane and then departed to Mount Isa.

While Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330-200 / KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) A39-003 as "Dragon 60" flew up from RAAF Base Amberley to complete a missed approach at Rockhampton Airport before returning back to Amberley.

And Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Alenia C-27J Spartan A34-002 as "Wallaby 57" flew up from Amberley to complete several approaches at Bundaberg Airport and then to one at Taroom before returning to back to Amberley.

Photos taken by Tony Haynes and 'AC'  ©