Erceg Aviation (of Perth, Western Australia) Cessna 525A CitationJet2 Bizjet VH-EJT Calls into Hamilton Island Airport - Plus More!

On Wednesday 5 October, Erceg Aviation (of Perth, Western Australia) Cessna 525A CitationJet2 bizjet VH-EJT visited Hamilton Island Airport from Cairns.  It flew across from Perth via Alice Springs on Saturday 1 October - as pictured below.

A couple of other bizjets noted around the region, also on Wednesday 5 October, included recently re-registered (operator) Robindale Group / Air Link Cessna 510 Citation Mustang bizjet VH-CMK which arrived into Emerald Airport from Bathurst and Maitland.  It later departed to the Gold Coast before returning to Bathurst.

While Bowenville (near Toowoomba) based Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1+ bizjet VH-JSZ flew into Rockhampton Airport from Natal Downs and later departed to Archerfield.  It had earlier flown up to Natal Downs from Archerfield via Dalby.

And Air Charter Services / Flight Options (Australia) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 bizjet VH-VKX flew into Proserpine (Whitsunday Coast) Airport from Brisbane before later departing to Bankstown.

 

Meanwhile, also on Wednesday 5 October, there was some more Pilatus PC-12 turboprop action, with Ipswich-based Airborne P/L (Palm Lake Works) Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-VLQ making an early evening visit to Bundaberg Airport from its Gold Coast base.

Poolhurst Aviation Air Charter Services Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-UJM visited Hamilton Island Airport from Archerfield.

Property Maintenance Australia P/L Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-WJA returned to Rockhampton Airport from Kidston before then returning to its Dubbo base.

And Brisbane-based Australian Agricultural Company Pilatus PC-12/47E VH-AAC landed at Longreach Airport from Brisbane before then departing to Brunette Downs. 

Finally, also on Wednesday 5 October, DeGunst Transport P/L Textron (Cessna) 208 Caravan VH-NPZ was noted departing Bundaberg Airport from Archerfield.

Blue Tiger Australia American Aircraft Corp AA-5B Tiger VH-JJJ flew up from Archerfield to Hervey Bay (Fraser Coast) Airport and then Rockhampton Airport.  It later departed to Gayndah Aerodrome and then back to Archerfield where it seems to be based.

Norair P/L Beech A36 Bonanza VH-PIZ visited Rockhampton Airport from its Townsville base.

Central Highlands Aerial Services (CHAS) Cessna 208 Caravan VH-LMZ departed their property near Emerald for Noosa.

UPDATE!  On Thursday 6 October, VH-LMZ returned to its Emerald landing site from Noosa.

Heli-Central (Emerald) Bell Helicopter Textron 205A-1 'Huey' helicopter VH-HUE looked to complete a flight from Emerald Airport to around Moranbah and back.

New South Wales-based Beech 35-C33 Bonanza VH-DDB flew across from Longreach Airport to Rockhampton Airport.  It had arrived there from Bankstown via a stay in Charleville Airport late last week and into the weekend.

UPDATE!  On Friday 7 October, VH-DDB departed Rockhampton Airport for the Ballina / Byron Bay Gateway Airport.

And Link Airways (Corporate Air / Vee H Aviation) Metro 23 VH-VEU flew out from Brisbane to Longreach Airport and then Boulia and back over the same route.

Photo taken by Jonathan Williams  ©

Some More Plane Spotting Photos from Gladstone Airport This Week

Local plane spotters Jamie C and Tash C have had another enjoyable week of plane spotting at Gladsotne Airport, highlighted by the visit of the Australian Army marked NH Industries MRH-90 Multi-Role Helicopter A40-012 that has called into Gladstone Airport on Wednesday 11 September.

Earlier in the day, the Queensland Police Service (Airwing) Cessna 560 Citation Ultra bizjet VH-PSU called into Gladstone Airport from Brisbane.  It later departed to Mackay from where it also flew into Townsville, Cairns, and Rockhampton in what was another busy day for VH-PSU.

On the commercial front, Jamie captured some lovely images of QantasLink Dash-8-Q400 VH-QOK as it arrived into Gladstone as QLK2301 from Rockhampton.

He also captured some stunning images of QantasLink (Cobham Aviation) Boeing B717-200 VH-NXH and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines ATR 72-600 VH-FVY as they departed in-turn for Brisbane later in the day.

Much later on Wednesday 11 September – after the sun went down – Alliance Airlines Fokker F-100 VH-XWR was captured touching down from Brisbane as UTY664.  VH-XWR – believed to be operating a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) charter – stayed for the night and departed early on Thursday 12 September.

Meanwhile on Tuesday 10 September, QantasLink Dash-8-Q400 VH-QOA – aptly named “Gladstone” – departed as QLK6713.  Jamie reports that VH-QOA had been parked on the ground at Gladstone for some days, and it is believed that the aircraft had maintenance issues.

As VH-QOA prepared for depature, QantasLink (Cobham Aviation) Boeing B717-200 VH-NXR was also captured arriving into Gladstone as QJE1708.

Jamie also captured some images of a unique visitor to Gladstone in the form of Aerobatics Australia American Champion (Amchamp) 8KCAB Extreme Decathlon VH-NEL.

As well as Blackwater-based Cessna 210 VH-JSC and Cessna 182 VH-FHL

Sincere thanks to Jamie and Tash for sending through these, and the other awesome images, that have been featured this week from a fantastic week of plane spotting at Gladstone Airport!

Photos taken by Jamie C and Tash C  ©

Our Airline / Air Nauru Boeing B737-300 VH-INU - And More - at Gladstone Airport on Sunday

A great day's plane spotting at Gladstone Airport on Sunday 1 September came to a spectacular end with the visit of Our Airline / Air Nauru Boeing B737-300 VH-INU.

Local plane spotters Michael F, Jamie C and Tash C were on hand as VH-INU - which was making its second visit to the port city in just over a week - touched down from Brisbane as RON914.

After dropping off its passengers - who were believed to be Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) workers, VH-INU was noted making a quick departure back to Brisbane as RON915.

Earlier on Sunday 1 September, Michael, Jamie and Tash captured some nice images of a familiar visitor to Gladstone in the form of Corporate Aviation Bell 429 Helicopter VH-EQP which touched down from Hamilton Island.

  

After taking on fuel, it departed South to its home base of Southport on the Gold Coast.

Michael, Jamie and Tash also spotted a nice little visiting American Champion (Amchamp) 8KCAB Super Decathlon VH-MCM.

The little 'wannabe' military aircraft was spotted departing for parts unknown, however VH-MCM is believed to be based in Gympie.

Lastly, a very attractive S G Aviation Storm 300 Ultralight 19-5024 was spotted as it departed Gladstone Airport for parts unknown.

What a great Father's Day out local plane spotters had!

We sincerely thank Michael, Jamie and Tash for sending through their fantastic photos from a great afternoon of plane spotting!

Photos taken by Michael Fleetwood, Jamie C and Tash C  ©