Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Wednesday 30 November 2011

Las Vegas Sands Corp Gulfstream IV heads north

N588LS GLF4 A414A3 Mackay-Cairns-Halim Perdanakusuma (Jakarta)

Skytrans VH-QQN

VH-QQN DH8C 7C534D operated a local Cairns flight today.
This is the first recorded flight for VH-QQN 7C534D.
Thanks for the info Steve.

VH-QQN DH8C photographed half outside the Skytrans hangar.

Referring blog entry of C-GMOH 276 ferry flight to Cairns 18/11/11.

VH-UZN Metro "The Australian"

VH-UZN SA-227 Metro, Toll Aviation


Also noted at General Aviation today was P2-BIB BK-117
parked on the heli-pads.

P2-BIB BK-117









Noted at Scherger was Skytraders A319:
SND001 VH-VHD A319 7C6B4F operated Scherger-Brisbane-Hobart

Tuesday 29 November 2011

A343 CS-TQM

CS-TQM ASY065 A343 49522D Sydney-Townsville-Darwin

Cairns Seaplanes Beaver

VH-IDO DHC-2 parked at Cairns.

http://www.cairnsseaplanes.com/

VH-IDO DHC-2











Thanks for the picture from GAFLIKS.

Beech 18 VH-CII

VH-CII BE18 Port Moresby-Horn Island-Cairns

VH-CII BE18 at Cairns


VH-CII BE18 at Cairns









Thanks for the pictures supplied by GAFLIKS.

Monday 28 November 2011

Air Niugini F100 in new scheme today

P2-ANH F100 today noted in new Air Niugini scheme. (PX90 POM-CNS).




Also,
PX26 P2-AND F100 operated Brisbane-Cairns-Port Moresby

Wells Fargo Bank N703LH G450

N703LH GLF4 A960B5 Nanjing Lukou-Cairns-Brisbane


Also today N338TM C680 Townsville-Denpasar

Thanks Mike for the info.

Sunday 27 November 2011

PNG Weekly Report 21-27 Nov

21/11 VH-QQA DH8A SKP1022/3 Cairns-Port Moresby-Cairns
21/11 P2-OMH PAY2 Cairns-Mt Hagen
21/11 P2-ANW F900 Cairns-Port Moresby
21/11 P2-BOB BE55 Horn Is-Mt Hagen
22/11 VH-BZL BE40 Cairns-Port Moresby-Cairns
23/11 P2-ANW F900 Port Moresby-Cairns-Port Moresby
23/11 P2-ANN DH8C Mt Hagen-Cairns PX96
24/11 VH-PDW CVLT Cairns-Rabaul-Cairns PX2816/9
24/11 VH-SKU BE20 Cairns-Port Moresby
25/11 P2-KST DHC6 Cairns-Port Moresby
25/11 P2-MCU* DH8A Lae-Townsville-Port Moresby *Hex code 7C5349
26/11 VH-XWN F100 Cairns-Kavieng-Cairns UTY633/4
26/11 P2-KST DHC6 Port Moresby-Cairns
27/11 P2-KSJ AT42 Cairns-Mt Hagen TOK950

P2-KST DHC6 at Cairns











P2-BOB BE55 (File Picture)











Thanks Mike & Dave for the bits of info.

Kingair 350 A32-439

A32-439 DNGO061 B350 7CF86F Townsville-Cairns-Townsville

A32-439 B350 at Cairns


A32-439 B350 at Cairns









Also today VH-VVI LJ45 7C6D4C operated Townsville-Port Vila-Vava'u

Thanks Phil for the info.

Saturday 26 November 2011

Friday 25 November 2011

Deer Jet Gulfstream V B-8100

B-8100 CBJ367 GLF5 7805DE Melbourne-Cairns
(24/11 operated Haikou-Melbourne as CBJ362)

B-8100 GLF5 in Cairns


B-8100 GLF5 in Cairns


B-8100 GLF5 in Cairns









Thanks for the additional info from Steve and Mike.

VH-LQF Q400, first run to the North

As reported by Dave in Townsville, QFA300D operated the milk-run service from BNE via GLT-ROK-MKY-TSV-CNS and later onto Horn Island as QFA496D. This is the first movement for VH-LQF DH8D 7C39F5 to North Qld.

VH-LQF DH8D in Cairns



VH-LQF DH8D in Cairns


Trainees take ride into the danger zone

Courtesy of the Townsville Bulletin.

Twelve F/A-18 fighter jets are being flown at speeds of up to 2200km/h in the Townsville region as RAAF pilots undertake Exercise High Sierra.

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/11/25/285971_defence.html



Thanks Dave for the link.

Thursday 24 November 2011

Executive Airlines C680 VH-EXG

VH-EXG C680 was Century Mine-Karumba-Essendon

Thanks Mike for the info.

VH-EBS first ops thru Cairns

JST15 VH-EBS A332 7C1476 SEL/CGKL operated Sydney-Cairns-Kansai

VH-EBS A332 at Cairns


Las Vegas Sands Corp Gulfstream IV

N588LS GLF4 Singapore-Cairns-Proserpine

Previous movements noted in Cairns earlier this year on 12/9/11 from SIN.


N588LS GLF4




N588LS GLF4


N588LS GLF4


N588LS GLF4


Torres Strait Report

Thanks to Kimbo for these great pictures from the Torres Strait area.

VH-PSY C208 at Horn Island with Oil Rig in
   background heading to Kumul Platform PNG.


VH-VIC R44 at Yorke Island, taken earlier this year.


VH-VIC R44 Yorke Island being prepared for shipment.



P2-MCZ DHC-6 at Horn Island enroute to PNG.
Photographed mid-late October.
 

Pair of visiting RAAF Kingair 350's at Horn Is taken 31/8/11.


VH-PAF C182 at Horn Island.


VH-SGY H25B visit by QLD Premier Anna Bligh 31/8/11
for Official opening after the Horn Island
 runway restrengthening works.


ZK-HEE K-1200 at Horn Island earlier this year.


Wednesday 23 November 2011

Canadian Utilities C-GCUL C750

C-GCUL C750 C04C04 operated Perth-Townsville-(Majuro-Kahului-Calgary).

Thanks Mike and Dave for the info.

P2-BIB BK-117 (ex. ZK-HPD?)

P2-BIB BK17 photographed in Cairns this morning is believed to be ex. ZK-HPD.
See: http://fnqskies.blogspot.com/2011/11/zk-hpd-and-zk-hss-arrived-cairns.html from 13 November.

P2-BIB BK17


QF VH-VZD

QF VH-VZD B738 taxiing out in the rain this morning!

VH-VZD B738


VH-VZD B738


Meridian Services departs

N440TC GTH440 GLF4 Cairns-Majuro-Honolulu

N440TC GLF4


N440TC GLF4


N440TC GLF4


Tuesday 22 November 2011

Cairns this morning


P2-ANN DH8C


VH-EBB A332


VH-NXK B717


VH-OGH B763


VH-TQE DH8C


VH-VBK B737


VH-VQM A320


VH-VWT A321


VH-VXR B738


ZK-TLA B73F