Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Tuesday 30 September 2014

FNQ Yestayear Images - September 1993


On the 8th the locally based joyride 'Tiger Moth' VH-BXF was unfortunatly blown over on its nose as it passed the GA run up bay by the wash from a Banderiante which was in situ.

RAF C-130K's are rare visitors to Australia, so this example XV195 was welcome on the 25th.

Arriving on delivery via Majuro on the 3rd was Nationair Dash 8A P2-NAZ.  This aircraft went into service later on the Port Moresby- Cairns run as well as Tabubil-Cairns.  It is still in operation today with Cobham operating the Tabubil-Cairns run for OK Tedi mining along with two other Dash 8A's.
Yet another ex PNGDF C-47, P2-004, arr on the 24th for attention prior to heading south.

Cessna 421 P2-CBS was noted on the 27th in the GA area awaiting a new powerplant.

The last of the Talair ferries ended with Cessna A185 VH-GKE (originally P2-GKE) arriving from PNG on the 27th after completion of restoration at Goroka.  The Cessna A185 played a pivotal role in the company's early days and soldiered on till the early eighties.  The aircraft features the very colourful retro livery of Territory Airlines which was the original name of Talair prior to Independance.  It was subsequently based in Brisbane for several years before being sold in New Zealand.

A one time only missed approach for RW 33 was conducted by a low viz RAAF P-3 Orion (serial unknown) on the 25th.



Thanks to GAFLIKS for providing this Yestayear report.


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Bombardier BD-700 Global Express N9253V departs

N9253V GLEX Cairns-Port Moresby

Monday 29 September 2014

Saturday 27 September 2014

Danish Air Transport ATR 42-500 OY-RUJ delivery

Danish Air Transport ATR 42-500 arrived in Cairns this morning wearing the Danish registration OY-RUJ. This aircraft will join the Hevilift ATR 42 fleet.

OY-RUJ AT45 (Kupang)-Cairns

OY-RUJ AT45 at Cairns.

OY-RUJ AT45 at Cairns.

OY-RUJ AT45 at Cairns.

Friday 26 September 2014

Business Aviation Asia Gulfstream V-SP B-8292

B8292 GLF5 Cairns-Sydney, was Shanghai-Cairns 25/09/2014.

B8292 GLF5 at Cairns.

Thursday 25 September 2014

Qantas Link Boeing 717 VH-NXD

QJE6200 VH-NXD B712 Brisbane-Townsville

File Picture - VH-NXD B712

AQUIS Boeing 757 VQ-BTF

VQ-BTF B752 Cairns-Macau, was Brisbane-Cairns 24/9/2014

VQ-BTF B752 at Cairns.

Wednesday 24 September 2014

Falcon Operations Australasia Falcon 50 VH-FOL

VH-FOL FA50 Brisbane-Nauru-Cairns-Brisbane

VH-FOL FA50 at Cairns.

Tuesday 23 September 2014

Bombardier BD-700 Global Express N9253V

N9253V GLEX Gurney-Cairns

N9253V GLEX at Cairns.



Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Bizjets pass through

N45JE GLF5 Hamilton Is.-Cairns-Nadi
N51SE GLEX Hamilton Is.-Cairns-Honolulu

N45JE GLF5 at Cairns.

N51SE GLEX at Cairns.

Monday 22 September 2014

China Southern Airbus A330-200 diverts

CSN381 B-6548 A332 enroute Guangzhou-Brisbane diverted to Cairns. Aircraft continued onto Brisbane after a short stopover.

B-6548 A332 at Cairns,
Photo by Damian CQ Plane Spotting Blog

Sunday 21 September 2014

USAF C-40B 01-0041 departs

SAM990 01-0041 C40 Cairns-Honolulu

01-0041 C40 at Cairns.

01-0041 C40 at Cairns.

01-0041 C40 at Cairns.



German Air Force Airbus A340-300 16+02 departs

GAF875 16+02 A343 Cairns-Hanoi

16+02 A343 at Cairns.

16+02 A343 at Cairns.

16+02 A343 at Cairns.



Qantas Airbus A330-300 VH-QPE diverts

QFA24 VH-QPE A333 Bangkok-Sydney diverted to Cairns, aircraft continued onto Sydney after a short stopover.

VH-QPE A333 at Cairns.

VH-QPE A333 at Cairns,
Photo by Damian CQ Plane Spotting Blog



Saturday 20 September 2014

Vistajet Challenger 605 OE-INM departs

VJS578E OE-INM CL60 Cairns-Seletar

OE-INM CL60 at Cairns.

OE-INM CL60 at Cairns.

Broome Aviation Cessna Caravan VH-TLZ

Recently arrived in Cairns on 16/9/2014 from Jandakot via Forrest, Mt Isa is a Broome Aviation Cessna Caravan VH-TLZ seen here today operating locally.

VH-TLZ C208 at Cairns.

Cirrus SR22 N538SR departs

N538SR SR22 Cairns-Tarawa

Friday 19 September 2014

German Air Force Airbus A340-300 16+02 arrives

GAF875 16+02 A343 Hong Kong-Cairns

16+02 A343 at Cairns.



USAF C-40B 01-0041 arrives

SAM990 01-0041 C40 Pago Pago-Cairns

01-0041 C40B at Cairns.

01-0041 C40B at Cairns.

Vistajet Challenger 605 OE-INM

VJS578E OE-INM CL60 Singapore-Cairns

OE-INM CL60 at Cairns.

Thursday 18 September 2014

Wednesday 17 September 2014

Britten Norman Islander YJ-RN1

YJ-RN1 BN2P Cairns-(Port Vila), was (Darwin)-Cairns 16/9/2014.

YJ-RN1 BN2P at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS.

AQUIS Boeing 757 VQ-BTF

VQ-BTF B752 Macau-Cairns-Brisbane

AQUIS Great Barrier Reef Resort link: http://aquiscasino.com/

VQ-BTF B752 at Cairns.

VQ-BTF B752 at Cairns.





Tuesday 16 September 2014

JetGo Embraer 135 VH-JGB Charter

ASY890 VH-JGB E135 Brisbane-Horn Is.-Port Moresby-Cairns

VH-JGB E135 at Cairns.




Monday 15 September 2014

USAF KC-135 Stratotanker 58-0051 departs

RCH155 58-0051 K35R Cairns-Kona

58-0051 K35R at Cairns.

58-0051 K35R, from previous days departure at Cairns.

58-0051 K35R, from previous days departure at Cairns.

58-0051 K35R, from previous days departure at Cairns.

Sunday 14 September 2014

"Reach 155" heads over to Learmonth

RCH155 K35R 58-0051 Cairns-Learmonth-Cairns

58-0051 K35R at Cairns.

58-0051 K35R at Cairns.

Saturday 13 September 2014

USAF KC-135 Stratotanker 58-0051 touches down!

RCH155 58-0051 K35R Kona-Cairns

58-0051 K35R at Cairns.

58-0051 K35R at Cairns.





Friday 12 September 2014

Thursday 11 September 2014

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Arkasair Havacilik Challenger 604 TC-ARD

TC-ARD CL60 Auckland-Cairns-Seletar

TC-ARD CL60 at Cairns.

TC-ARD CL60 at Cairns.





Tuesday 9 September 2014

PNGDF Bell 212 P2-DFW

Noted at Cairns today was P2-DFW Bell 212.

P2-DFW B212 at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS.

Sunday 7 September 2014

Airlines PNG Dash 8 / 100's P2-MCM & P2-MCK

P2-MCM DH8A Cairns-Port Moresby and P2-MCK DH8A Port Moresby-Cairns

P2-MCM DH8A at Cairns.