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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Mineralogy MD82 VP-CBI in Townsville

VP-CBI MD82 424183 Melbourne-Townsville-Maroochydore-Brisbane

Thanks Dave and Mike for the info.

Sunday, 20 November 2011

PNG Weekly Report 14-20 Nov

14/11 P2-NTR BE9L Port Moresby-Cairns
14/11 PX96 P2-ANN DH8C Mt Hagen-Cairns
15/11 P2-NTR BE9L Cairns-Port Moresby
15/11 QQ551/2 VH-XWN F100 Cairns-Rabaul-Cairns
15/11 PX403 P2-PXT DH8D Moro-Townsville
16/11 QQ635/6 VH-XWN F100 Cairns-Madang-Cairns
16/11 PX401/4093 P2-ANN DH8C Moro-Cairns-Port Moresby
16/11 P2-OMH PAY2 Mt Hagen-Cairns
16/11 PX403/0 P2-PXT DH8D Townsville-Cairns-Moro
16/11 VH-PDW CVLT Cairns-Port Moresby
16/11 VH-WZN BE20 Cairns-Port Moresby
17/11 VH-BUR PAY4 Port Moresby-Townsville
19/11 P2-KSJ AT42 Mt Hagen-Cairns TOK951
19/11 P2-MAF C208 Mt Hagen-Cairns-Mareeba
19/11 VH-PDW CVLT Port Moresby-Cairns
19/11 P2-BWE P750 Mt Hagen-Horn Island-Cairns
20/11 VH-PDW CVLT Cairns-Mt Hagen-Cairns
20/11 VH-BZL BE40 Cairns-Port Moresby/Madang-Cairns
20/11 P2-BOB BE55 Cairns-Bamaga
20/11 P2-ANW F900 Port Moresby-Cairns

Central Aviation P2-BWE P750

P2-NTR BE9L

P2-OMH PAY2

Inter Island Express P2-TWW C208 in maintenance

Airlines PNG P2-MCC DHC6 in maintenance

Meridian Services Gulfstream IV

N440TC GLF4 Moree-Cairns
N41CN WW24 Cairns-Wollongong
P2-ANW F900 Port Moresby-Cairns

Saturday, 19 November 2011

Westwind N14CN

N14CN WW24 Honolulu-Majuro-Cairns

Friday, 18 November 2011

Stallion20 C17 at Townsville

STAL20 A41-210 7CF922 C17 ARR/DEP Townsville, movement was domestic.

Thanks Dave for the info.

F/A-18 jets return to Townsville

SOON to graduate F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilots will arrive in Townsville today for the final phase of a intensive six-month course.

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/11/18/284481_news.html

Thanks to Dave for the link.

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Charters Towers Aerodrome Report (YCHT)

Charters Towers Aerodrome, 137 km SW of Townsville

VH-NAT Maule M-5-180C

19-3155 X-air Australian

19-3926 Zenith STOL CH 701

24-3570 Slepcev Storch Ss4

VH-JBQ Jabiru J430

24-3754 Slepcev Storch Ss4

24-4658 Gr-912T

24-7649 Jabiru J160-D

VH-JBH Beech 65

VH-DLT CA25N Gazelle

25-188 Austflight Drifter A-503

55-687 Skyfox Ca22

VH-AVH PA32-260 Cherokee Six

55-687 Skyfox Ca22

Burley Aircraft Cheyenne 400LS VH-BUR

VH-BUR PAY4 was Port Moresby-Townsville.

Some pictures can be viewed on the following link http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/2011/07/cheyenne-400ls-inbound-palmerston-north.html from a posting in MRC Aviation earlier this year.
Thanks Mike for the info.

ASY602 CS-TQM A343 49522D was Perth-Townsville
VH-WXC BE30 was Lockhart River-Brisbane.

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

P2-OMH Cheyenne

P2-OMH PAY2 Mt Hagen-Cairns. Hex Code A03167 previously used by P2-KDA.

Also,
P2-PXT DH8D ANG403 Townsville-Cairns, ANG401 Cairns-Moro.

787 Trip Report!

A little bit off from the local area but a nice variation with the new 787 type.

Trip report is on board ANA B787 JA801A from Haneda to Hiroshima, Japan.
Thanks to Bargeld01 for the picture report.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Nuigini 402 DH8D into Townsville

ANG402 P2-PXT DH8D 898052 operated Moro-Townsville.

Air Nuigini DH8D P2-PXT

CS-TQM A343 arrives Townsville

ASY062 CS-TQM A343 49522D Sydney-Townsville-Darwin.

Townsville Airport Welcomes Direct Darwin Service

http://www.townsvilleairport.com.au/uncategorized/townsville-airport-welcomes-direct-darwin-service/

http://www.townsvilleairport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/15Nov2011DRW-TSVServiceAnnouncement.pdf

PNG Weekly Report 7-13 Nov

7/11 VH-WZN BE20 Kiunga-Cairns-Townsville
7/11 P2-ANN DH8C Mt Hagen-Cairns (PX96)
8/11 P2-ANN DH8C Cairns-Mt Hagen (PX97)
9/11 P2-PXS DH8D Moro-Cairns-Moro (PX400/1)
9/11 P2-ANN DH8C Mt Hagen-Cairns (PX96)
10/11 P2-ANN DH8C Cairns-Mt Hagen (PX97)
10/11 VH-ZZN DH8C Honiara-Cairns (Solomon Is.)
11/11 P2-KSJ AT42 Mt Hagen-Cairns
11/11 VH-TSO PA31 Cairns-Port Moresby
11/11 P2-MCP DH8A Port Moresby-Cairns (TOK100)

VH-TSO PA31, TS Air Charter

Recent Movements and pictures

14/11 ZK-HSS AS35 Cairns-Cooktown...-Horn Island-Indonesia
15/11 P2-BOB BE55 Horn Island-Cairns
15/11 C-GSGA C208 Cairns-Shute Harbour

Below a few pictures of regular operators: