Far North Queensland Skies

Copyright Notice

Copyright Notice

All photos on Far North Queensland Skies are copyrighted to me, or the photographer of that photo. All photos that are downloaded from Far North Queensland Skies are strictly intended for personal use only. Anyone, including the media, who would like to use any of the photos on the Blog, for any purpose other than personal use, must contact me in writing to obtain permission to use the photo(s). Any photo not taken by me, that was obtained from another photographer or another source, that appears on this Blog, will be duly acknowledged as such.

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

RAAF C130J arrives from the Philippines

ASY505 A97-464 C30J Cairns-Mt Isa, was Clark AFB/Pampanga-Cairns 29/4/2014

A97-464 C30J at Cairns.

Britten Norman Islander F-OKAB

F-OKAB BN2T Townsville-Noumea, was Darwin-Townsville 29/4/2014

Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines ATR-72 VH-VPI

Virgin Australia ATR-72 VH-VPI ferried to Brisbane today after being in storage in Townsville since 6/11/2013.

VOZ950A VH-VPI AT76 Townsville-Brisbane

See referring post: http://fnqskies.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/virgin-australia-regional-airlines-atr.html

VH-VPI AT76 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

Another drop-in this morning - Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific A340 enroute Hong Kong to Auckland diverted to Cairns, aircraft continued onto Auckland shortly after.

CPA197 B-HXH A343 Hong Kong-Auckland, divert Cairns.

Monday, 28 April 2014

Qantas 52 drops in!

QFA52 VH-OJS B744 Singapore-Brisbane diverted to Cairns, aircraft later continued onto Brisbane.

VH-OJS B744 at Cairns.

Gulfstream 550 N818LF

N818LF GLF5 Cairns-Sydney, was Brisbane-Cairns 27/4/2014.

N818LF GLF5 at Cairns.

Saturday, 26 April 2014

Fallbrook Pty Canadair Regional Jet VH-VMX

VH-VMX CRJ2 Cairns-Majuro, was Perth-Cairns 25/04/2014.

VH-VMX CRJ2 at Cairns.

Friday, 25 April 2014

Heli Support Ltd Eurocopter P2-EGF

P2-EGF AS50 Cairns-Proserpine, was Daru-Horn Is.-Lockhart River-Cairns 24/4/2014.

Thursday, 24 April 2014

U.S. Marines C-20G 165153 departs

GHOST53 165153 C-20G Cairns-Pago Pago

165153 C-20G at Cairns.

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

U.S. Marines C-20G 165153

GHOST53 165153 C-20G Darwin-Cairns

165153 C-20G at Cairns.

Australian Helicopters Bell 412 VH-VAU

VH-VAU B412 Cooktown-Cairns-Townsville

VH-VAU B412 at Cairns.

Monday, 21 April 2014

USAF C-5 Galaxy departs

RCH281 70-0451 C5 Townsville-Andersen AFB

70-0451 C5 at Townsville, Photo by Dave.

Sunday, 20 April 2014

C-5 Galaxy touches down in Townsville!

RCH281 70-0451 C5 Hickam-Townsville

70-0451 C-5 at Townsville, Photo by Leroy.

Thursday, 17 April 2014

Lynden Air Cargo N403LC

LYC2048 N403LC C130 Cairns-Port Moresby, was Port Moresby-Cairns 16/4/2014

N403LC C130 at Cairns.

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

OK-TVL Travel Service Boeing 737-800 departs

TVS4653 OK-TVL B738 Cairns-Hong Kong

OK-TVL B738 at Cairns.

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Tiger Airways Inaugural Cairns/Brisbane Service

Tiger Airways commenced services between Brisbane and Cairns today.
Tiger now operates from Cairns to 3 Australian Capital cites being Melbourne, Sydney and now Brisbane.

Operating as TGW486 VH-XUG A320 Brisbane-Cairns and returning as TGW491.

VH-XUG A320 at Cairns.

McDermott Aviation Group Kingair VH-MWZ

Noted on the GA Lines at Cairns today was VH-MWZ in its new scheme.

VH-MWZ BE20 at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS.

M.A.F. Twin Otter P2-MFT arrives

P2-MFT DHC6 Mt Hagen-Horn Is.-Cairns

Monday, 14 April 2014

OK-TVL Travel Service Boeing 737-800

Touching down at Cairns from Auckland as TVS4652 a Czech Republic registered B738 OK-TVL.

This aircraft is painted in special livery to promote the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic.
http://www.msregion.cz/en/