Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Friday 23 March 2018

Beechcraft Kingair 350 VH-ZPE departs

Beechcraft Kingair 350 VH-ZPE departed for Brisbane this evening and will continue onto Ohakea Airbase (RNZAF) in New Zealand tomorrow after being in Cairns for several months for maintenance.

The aircraft arrived in Cairns from Bankstown on the 26/11/2017 registered at that time as N817AP, on the 17/12/2017 became VH-ZPE.
Two recent local test flights were noted on the 9th and 20th March.

VH-ZPE BE30 at Cairns.

Alliance Airlines 90th Anniversary of the First Trans-Pacific crossing

Noted at Cairns earlier this week was VH-FGB Fokker F100 wearing the "90th Anniversary of the First Trans-Pacific crossing" scheme. Link to Smithy'sFGB - https://www.smithysfgb.com/


VH-FGB F100 at Cairns.

Monday 19 March 2018

Shorts SC-5 Belfast recent activity

There has been noted recent activity over the last month around the Cairns based Shorts SC-5 Belfast which has included several engine runs!

Shorts Belfast SC-5 at Cairns.