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Apparently Vh‑ebc Will Be Repainted in the Jetstar Silver in July When It is Programmed for ‘c Check’ Maintenance.

Vh-ebc Ferried Into Sydney From Manila as Flight Jq7990 on December 21 Before Entering Service With Jetstar as Flight Jq27 From Sydney to Phuket on December 25. Qantas Had Withdrawn Vh-ebc From Service on December 13 After It Operated Qf459 From Sydney to Melbourne.

When Qantas Operated Vh-ebb, Vh-ebc and Vh-ebd the Aircraft Were Designated as A330‑201s.

However, With Jetstar They Are Now A330-202s Due to the Engine Thrust Rating Being Raised, Allowing the Maximum Takeoff Weight to Be Increased From 202 Tonnes to 233.

Jetstar Added Denpasar, Ho Chi Minh City and Honolulu to Its International Network Since Our Last Column With Vh-ebd Operating Four of the Inaugural Flights. These Were Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City as Flight Jq7 on November 30; Sydney to Denpasar as Flight Jq37 on December 8; Melbourne to Denpasar as Flight Jq35 on December 9; and Sydney to Honolulu as Flight Jq3 on December 27. Vh-ebb Was Scheduled to Operate the Inaugural Service From Melbourne to Honolulu as Flight Jq1 on December 29, but Mechanical Problems Delayed the Flight Over 14 Hours and It Was December 30 Before It Departed.

Jetstar 717-231 Aircraft Vh-yqf, Vh-yqg, Vh‑yqh, Vh-yqi, Vh-yqj and Vh-yqk Were Moved From Storage in Brisbane and Newcastle in This Period. Vh-yqf Was Ferried From Brisbane to Newcastle on November 29; Vh-yqg From Brisbane to Newcastle on December 21; Vh-yqh From Brisbane to Tamworth on December 21 as Was Vh‑yqi; Vh‑yqj From Newcastle to Tamworth on December 21.

Finally Vh-yqk Was Ferried From Brisbane to Tamworth on December 28.

Qantas 737-476 Vh-tjn Will Reportedly Be Withdrawn From Qantas Service in March With the Aircraft Planned for Transfer to Jetconnect.

707-138b Vh-eba City of Canberra Was the First Jet Aircraft Delivered to Qantas So Its Acquisition by the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach Was Certainly Very Welcome. The 707- 138b Had Been Parked at Southend, England, for a Number of Years and Was Brought Back to Life by a Team of Volunteers. It Was Allocated the Registration Vh-xba for Its Ferry Flight as the Marks Vh-eba Are Currently Carried by a Qantas A330-200. On December 8 Vh-xba Departed Southend for Dublin-tenerife- Bermuda-orlando-los Angeles-honolulu and Nadi Before Arriving in Sydney on December 16. For Details of the Restoration and Flight, See Our Feature Article by Jeff Watson Elsewhere in This Issue. Qantaslink Withdrew Bae 146-200 Vh-njj From Service in Adelaide in November ’05 Where National Jet Carried Out Maintenance on It. Initially Vh-njj Was Planned for Lease in the Philippines and It Had Asian Spirit Titles Applied, but These Were Later Removed. On November 7 It Departed Adelaide on Ferry to Exeter, Uk, as Flight Nc5500 via Alice Springs, Broome, Jakarta/halim, Phuket, Colombo, Mumbai, Muscat, Bahrain, Sharm El Sheik, Brindisi and Southend.

Jetconnect Withdrew 737-376 Zk-jng From Service on December 15 After the Aircraft Operated Qf4161 From Auckland to Christchurch. On December 20 Zk-jng, Which is Planned for Conversion to a Freighter for Australian Air Express, Was Ferried From Christchurch to Melbourne as Flight Qf6171.

737‑376 Zk-jno Departed Melbourne for Christchurch on December 14 as Flight Qf6171 to Return to Service With Jetconnect After a ‘c Check’ With Qantas. 737-476 Zk‑jtr Will Reportedly Join Jetconnect in Late April With the Aircraft Being Transferred From Qantas Where It Operates as Vh-tjn.

Australian Air Express Scheduled 727-277f Vh‑vli on a Charter From Melbourne to Wellington and Return on December 4 as Flights Xm7431/7432.

737-376f Vh-xmr, the Second of Its Type to Be Converted to a Freighter at Avalon, Was Planned to Enter Service With Australian Air Express on the Melbourne- Brisbane-townsville-cairns Route on January 30.

Airline News

in This Period We Report the Delivery of a 777-200er to Air New Zealand, a 737-200 to Ozjet and a Dash 8-300 to Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson, Plus the Departures of a 737-200 of Ozjet, a Bae 146-200 of Qantaslink and Two Saab 340as of Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson.

Air New Zealand Took Delivery of Its Eighth and Final 777-219er, Zk-okh, at Auckland on January 18 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Payne Field as Flight Nz6390.

Air New Zealand Link/ Air Nelson Took Delivery of Dash 8-q311 C-fios at Nelson on December 12 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Toronto via North Bay, Grand Rapids, Concord, Kona and Pago Pago. Later Registered Zk-neo the Dash 8 Entered Service on December 17 When It Operated Nz8156 From Nelson to Wellington.

Dash 8-q311 C-fiov Which Was Later Registered Zk-nep Was Planned for Delivery to Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson in Nelson on January 23.

Saab 340a Zk-nli Departed Nelson on December 8 on Ferry to Linkoping, Sweden, Where It Will Reportedly Be Prepared for Delivery to an Airline in Lithuania.

Delivery Routing for the All White Saab Was via Sydney, Port Hedland, Male and Luxor. Sistership Saab 340a Zk-nln Departed Nelson on December 31 on Ferry to Orebro, Sweden via Sydney, Port Hedland, Male and Luxor. Meanwhile Saab 340a Zk-nsk Was Withdrawn From Service on November 27 After Operating Nz8133 From Wellington to Nelson.

Not Reported Before Was That Saab 340a Zk-nlr Was Withdrawn From Service on July 14 After Operating Flight Nz8123 From Wellington to Nelson.

Airnorth Regional is Planning to Add Former Hong Kong Express Airways Embraer E-170-100lr B-kxd to Its Fleet.

All White Air Tahiti Atr 72-212a F-ohjo Transited Cairns on December 6 While en Route From Noumea to Darwin and Stops to Toulouse, France.

Alliance Airlines Has Purchased Two Fokker 50s From Mandarin Airlines in Taiwan With Vh-fky Msn 20284 Ex B-12271 Planned for Delivery in February and Vh-fkz Msn 20286 Ex B-12272 Planned for Delivery in April.

Alliance Fokker 100 Vh-fkd Entered Service on December 13 When It Operated Qq835 From Townsville to Phosphate Hill. This Brings the Current Alliance Operational Fokker 100 Fleet to Five, Comprising Vh‑fka, Vh-fkd, Vh-fkf, Vhfwh and Vh-fwi. They Will Be Joined in Early March by Vh-fkg Which is Currently Under Pre-service Maintenance in Brisbane. A Further Three Fokker 100’s Vh-fkj, Vh-fkk and Vh-fkl Await Delivery From the Us to Brisbane and They Are Planned to Enter Service by August. Fokker 100 P2-anb Continues on Lease to Air Niugini While Fokker 100 P2-ana Now Registered Vh-fke Which Returned From Lease to Air Niugini in August ’06 is Parked at Brisbane Awaiting Its Turn to Enter the Maintenance Hangar.

National Jet Systems Has Taken Over the Lease on Former Qantaslink Bae 146-300s Vh-njl and Vh-njn. Vh-njn, Wearing National Jet Colours, Departed Adelaide for Perth on December 10, While Vh‑njl Was Planned to Enter Service With National Jet in Mid January.

These Deliveries Take the National Jet 146 Fleet to 11 (146-100 X 5; 146-100/rj-70 X 1; 146‑200 X 3; 146-300 X 2).

Ozjet Took Delivery of 737-229(a) G-ceac at Melbourne on January 11 After the All White Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Bournemouth, Uk via Kuala Lumpur and Darwin Using the Callsign ‘eurocharter 9917’. 737-229(a) Vh-ozq Has Been Withdrawn From Ozjet Service and on January 14, Now Registered G-gpfi,it Departed Melbourne for Bournemouth as ‘eurocharter 9918’.

737-229(a) Vh-obn Has Operated a Charter to New Zealand, Departing Melbourne for Queenstown as Flight 07970 on December 24. The Following Day It Operated as Flight 07971 From Queenstown to Auckland, Brisbane and Hamilton Island and Then as 07972 to Proserpine.

Vh‑obn Departed Proserpine on December 29 for Hamilton Island, Sydney and Melbourne as Flights O7973/974/975.

Skyairworld is Planning to Take Delivery of an Embraer 170-100lr in Brisbane in February. The Aircraft is Msn 17000081, Which Was Originally Delivered in July 2005 to Hong Kong Express Airways as B-kxa.

Virgin Blue 737-81q Vh‑voj, Which Came Off Lease on November 3, Was Ferried to Christchurch Where Air New Zealand Engineering Then Prepared It for Its Next Lease. On December 7 Vh‑voj, Now Carrying China Southern Colours, Departed Christchurch for Nadi and Stops to San Antonio in Texas Where It Received Further Work Before Delivery to China Southern.

The Three E-170-100lrs Planned for Delivery to Virgin Blue This Year Will Be Registered Vh-zha, Vh‑zhb and Vh-zhc.

Regional Airline News

Activity Continues Apace With the Delivery of a Jetstream 32 to Aeropelican, a Dornier 228-200 to Airlines of Tasmania, a Dornier 328-100 to Pearl Aviation, an Atr 42-500 to Pacific Sun and a Fokker 50 to Skywest.

Aeropelican Took Delivery of Its Third Jetstream 32, Vh‑otf, at Sydney/ Bankstown in the Early Hours of December 6. The Ferry Flight From Zaragoza, Spain to Bankstown Was Contracted to Dbf Aviation Services of Sydney and Was Routed via Malta, Luxor, Muscat, Colombo, Cocos Island and Port Hedland.

Airlines of Tasmania Has Acquired Dornier 228-212 F-ohaa From Air Tahiti With the Aircraft Ferrying Into Coolangatta on December 7 From Papeete via Raratonga, Nuku’alofa, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

Registered Vh‑atz on December 22, the Dornier Continued Its Ferry South From Coolangatta to Melbourne/ Moorabbin on December 29.

Air-link Replaced Regional Express on the Bathurst to Sydney Route Effective January 1 With Beech 1900d Vh-rue Operating the Inaugural Zl1628 From Sydney to Bathurst.

Airlink Placed Its Second Beech 1900d, Vh-rui, Into Service on January 4 When It Operated Zl1746 From Dubbo to Sydney.

Air South Plans to Commence Rpt Services Using Cessna 404 Equipment Between Adelaide and Kangaroo Island.

Big Sky Express Ceased Rpt Services in Late November.

Broome Aviation Took Delivery of Cessna 208b Vh‑ntq, Which Was Previously Operated by Aboriginal Air Services/ngurratjuta Air at Broome, on December 11.

Jetcraft Aviation Added Former Macair Metro 23 Vh-han to Its Fleet on November 29. It Replaced Metro Iii Vh-uun, Which Jetcraft Had Sold to Sharp Aviation.

Macair Terminated Its Lease of Metro 23 Vh-han on November 29.

Origin Pacific Jetstream 41 Zk-jse Was Cancelled From the New Zealand Register on December 6 With the Aircraft Later Being Registered N146km to Northstar Aviation of Boca Raton, Florida. Jetstream 41 Zk-jsk, Which Was Also Cancelled on December 6, Was Registered N149km While Jetstream 41 Zk-jsn Which Was Cancelled on January 9 Was Registered N153km.

All Three Aircraft Were Still Parked at Wellington as of Mid January.

Pacific Sun Took Delivery of Its Second Atr 42-500, Dq-psb, at Nadi on January 6 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Raaf Richmond Where Tasman Aviation Enterprises Painted the Atr in Pacific Sun’s Colours.

Earlier on December 17 the Former Air Mauritius Atr Had Ferried Into Richmond From Mahe via Male, Cocos Island, Port Hedland and Ayers Rock.

Pearl Aviation Took Delivery of Dornier 328-100 Vh-ppq in Darwin on December 8 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Brunswick, Germany via Cairo, Dubai, Chennai, Phuket and Denpasar. The Dornier, Which Uses the Callsign ‘rescue 481’, Was Later Delivered to Pearl’s Melbourne/essendon Base Where It is Operated on Contract to Amsa (Australian Maritime Safety Authority).

Dornier 328-100 Vh-ppv, Which Will Be the Fifth and Final Aircraft in the Fleet, Was Planned for Delivery to Pearl Aviation/amsa in February.

Regional Express Planned to Take Delivery of Saab 340b+ Vh-zla Msn 371 at Its Wagga Wagga Base in Late January. Vh-zla is the First of 25 Saab 340b+ Aircraft Previously Operated by American Eagle to Be Delivered to Regional Express.

Saab 340b Vh-xrx Entered Service With Regional Express on December 20 When It Operated Flight Zl668 From Wagga Wagga to Sydney.

Metro 23 Vh-kex Returned to Regional Express in Adelaide From Maroochydore on December 28 After the It Terminated Its Lease to Sunshine Express.

Regional Express Ceased Operations to Bathurst and Portland on December 31.

Sharp Aviation Added a Second Metro Iii to Its Fleet on December 20 When the Former Jetcraft Vh‑uun Ferried Into Portland From Archerfield. Skippers Aviation Placed Its First Dash 8-314, Vh-xfw Into Service on November 14 When It Operated a Resource Charter From Perth to Lake Johnstone (Skippers Will Be Profiled in the Next Edition of Aa).

Skytrans Has Added Dash 8-102 Vh-qqe to Its Fleet With the Former Queensland Regional Aircraft Noted at Cairns on November 30 Carrying Skytrans Titles but No Colours.

Skywest Airlines Took Delivery of Fokker 50 Vh‑fnf at Perth on December 20 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Masstricht, Holland via Kota Kinabalu, Darwin and the Granites.

Vh‑fnf Was a 1990 Production Aircraft Which Was Delivered to Philippine Airlines in November of That Year. It Was Previously Operated by Denim Air of Eindhoven as Ph-prh.

Fokker 50 Vh-fne Entered Service With Skywest on December 7 When It Operated a Resource Charter From Perth to the Granites While Its First Rpt Service Was Operated the Following Day From Perth to Learmonth as Flight Xr151.

Cl-44 for Heavylift

Canadair Cl-44-o Rp-c8023 Was Planned for Delivery to Heavylift Cargo at Its Cairns Base in Late January.

This Aircraft Was Built in 1961 and Was Delivered in August of That Year to the Flying Tiger Line as N447t.

In 1968 It Was Purchased by the Conroy Aircraft Company and Was Converted to a Cl-44-0 to Carry Outsize Loads. The Cl-44-0 Has Been Parked at Bournemouth, Uk for a Number of Years So It is Great to See That Heavylift Has Brought This Very Unique Aircraft Back to Life.

Short Belfast G-beps, Which Will Reportedly Be Placed on the Philippines Register, is Also Being Returned to Service by Heavylift Cargo. The Belfast, Which Has Been Static at Southend, Uk, for a Number of Years, Was Planned for Delivery to Cairns in February.

Pionair Australia Convair 580 Vh-pdv Departed Sydney/bankstown for Sydney/ksa and Palmerston North on December 9 for Planned Maintenance With Fieldair. While in New Zealand the Colour Scheme of the Convair Was Changed With the Tauck Compass on the Tail Being Replaced by Pionair Titles and the Southern Cross. On December 31 It Departed Palmerston North Direct to Sydney Where It Then Operated a Charter for the Sydney City Council. On January 7 Vh-pdv Ferried From Bankstown to Ayers Rock and Alice Springs and on January 9 It Operated the First of a Series of Charters for Tauck Tours From Alice Springs to Cairns.

Pionair Australia Convair 580 Vh-pdl Positioned From Bankstown to Brisbane on December 8 From Where It Has Been Operating a Series of Resource Charters to Middlemount.

Douglas Dc-3/tp Zs‑ojj Which Was Imported to Camden, Nsw, on October 5, Has Taken Up Residence at Goulburn, Nsw.

When Noted There on January 12 It Was Carrying Dodson Aviation Titles on Its Tail and Air Services on the Fuselage.

The Aircraft Was Last Operated in South Africa by Limpopo Air Services, but the Word ‘limpopo’ Has Been Removed From the Aircraft’s Titles.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Hawker 850xp, Citation Sovereign, Raytheon Premier and a Citation Xls to Operators in Australia.

Hawker 850xp Vh‑mqy, Which Was Registered to Hawker Pacific of Milperra, Nsw, on December 6, Was Delivered to Perth on December 15.

The Ferry Flight Took It Across the Pacific via Kona, Apia, Port Vila and Brisbane.

Cessna 680 Sovereign Vh-exa Was Registered to Wellard Aviation of Fremantle, Wa on December 12 and Was Delivered to the Executive Airlines Hangar at Melbourne/essendon on December 16. The Sovereign, Which is Being Operated by Executive Airlines for Wellard Aviation, Ferried From Wichita via Long Beach, Kona, Apia and Sydney.

Premier N34gn Msn Rb-58 Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar on December 17 With the Aircraft Reported to Be on Delivery to the Locally Based Operator Connected Solutions Group. The Ferry Flight Was Contracted to Rangeflyers of Wichita, Kansas.

Cessna 560xls Vhxcj Was Registered to Mount Craigie Holdings of Rosebud West, Victoria, on December 13. The Aircraft is Based in the Jet City Hangar at Melbourne and Replaces a Cessna 550 Bravo Which Also Carried the Registration Vh-xcj.

Gulfstream V N126ch, Delivered to Crown in Melbourne on August 20, Returned to Its Melbourne Base From Hong Kong on December 24 After Maintenance at the Gulfstream Facility at Appleton, Wisconsin.

Cessna 550 Bravo Vh‑hvm, Which Was Operated by Carrington Investments From Melbourne/moorabbin, Has Reportedly Been Sold to Heathgate Resources of Adelaide.

Cessna 550 Vh-oyc Changed Ownership From Pearl Aviation Australia to Hawker Pacific of Milperra, Nsw, on December 15 and at the Same Time Changed Registration to Vh-int.

Learjet 45 Vh-vvi Changed Ownership From Addenbrooke Aviation of Sydney to Agg Learjet P/l of Labrador, Queensland, on December 14.

Cessna 650 Citation 111 N721st Msn 650-0158 Was Planned for Delivery to Australia in Late January.

Overseas Bizjets

Global Express N889ja Operated by Jet Asia of Macau Arrived in Coolangatta From Macau and Darwin on December 25. It Remained in Coolangatta Until December 29 When It Departed for Hong Kong.

Royal Malaysian Air Force Global Express M48-02 Arrived in Perth From Johor Bahru in the Early Hours of December 24.

Challenger 604 N121et Registered to Bwl Aviationof Menlo Park, California, Arrived in Sydney on January 11.

Challenger 604 N600am Registered to 604 Jet of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Arrived in Cairns From Majuro on December 17 and Continued to Sydney on December 20.

Challenger 600 N7jm Registered to Joyce Meyer Ministries of Fenton, Missouri, Arrived in Brisbane From Apia on January 12.

Challenger 300 N300dg Registered to Plane Lucky of Boca Raton, Florida, Arrived in Coolangatta on January 14.

Learjet 60 N606l Registered to Haalo Ltd of Las Vegas Arrived in Cairns From Singapore/seletar and Darwin on December 5. The Learjet Remained in Cairns Until December 8 When It Departed for Guam.

Falcon 900ex N127sf Registered to Avn Air of Hunt Valley, Maryland, Arrived in Adelaide From Pago Pago on December 4 and Departed for Sydney and Auckland on December 6.

Falcon 900ex N900yp Registered to Villages Equipment of Leesburg, Florida, Arrived in Sydney on January 12.

Falcon 900 Hb-ifq Operated by Malaysian Jet Services Arrived in Perth From Singapore/paya Lebar on November 23 and Later Departed Melbourne for Subang on November 28.

Falcon 900 Lx-ges Operated by Gedair Arrived in Sydney From Pago Pago on January 6.

Falcon 2000ex N346pc Registered to Global Pacific Aviation of Hillsboro, Oregon, Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on January 2.

Gulfstream 200 N200gx Registered to Hong Kong Aviation of Reno, Nevada, Completed a Demonstration Tour of the Region in December. On December 2 It Arrived in Auckland From Honolulu and Pago Pago and Was Later Noted in Sydney and Melbourne Before Departing Coolangatta for Pago Pago on December 11.

Gulfstream 550 N245tt Registered to Wotan America of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Arrived in Brisbane From Queenstown on December 25. It Was Then Sighted in Adelaide, Cairns, Townsville, Hamilton Island, Melbourne and Adelaide Before Departing Sydney for Auckland on January 5.

Gulfstream 550 N518qs Registered to Nji Sales of Oklahoma City Departed Sydney for Honolulu on January 1.

Star Aircraft Leasing Gulfstream V N51fl Departed Sydney for Singapore on January 4.

Gulfstream V N253cm Registered to Cargill Inc of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Was Noted at Essendon on January 8.

Gulfstream V N256lk Registered to Garthorpe Inc of Santa Monica, California, Arrived in Adelaide From Honolulu on November 28.

It Later Departed Brisbane for Honolulu on December 5.

Gulfstream V N585jc Registered to Hilton Hotels of Van Nuys, California, Arrived in Melbourne From Kahului on December 27 and Later Departed Sydney for Papeete on January 3.

Gulfstream V N991lf Registered to Ilfc of Los Angeles, California, Arrived in Brisbane From Port Vila on December 28 and Later Departed Sydney for Auckland on November 30.

Gulfstream V Hb-iis Operated by Jetclub of Zurich Arrived in Sydney From Male on November 25 and Later Departed Sydney for Wellington on December 6.

In Between It Was Noted at a Number of Local Airports.

Gulfstream V Vp‑bkz Operated by Dennis Vanguard International Arrived in Sydney From Bangkok on December 4 and Later Departed Perth for Bangkok on December 8.

Gulfstream Iv N104ad Registered to Studio City Aviation of Studio City, California, Arrived in Brisbane From Nadi on December 20. It Was Noted at Melbourne/essendon on December 24 Before Departing Sydney for Queenstown on December 27.

Gulfstream Iv N232k Registered to N232k Llc of San Rafael, California, Arrived in Cairns From Pago Pago on December 22. It Later Departed Maroochydore for Brisbane and Pago Pago on January 1.

Gulfstream Iv-sp N235lp Registered to Crest Aviation of Newport Beach, California, Transited Cairns on December 20 While en Route From Honiara to Hamilton Island. It Was Noted in Melbourne on December 24 Before Departing Sydney for Queenstown on December 28.

Gulfstream Iv N450bf Registered to Kona Coast Air of Kona, Hawaii, Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on January 11 and Was Noted at Melbourne on January 13.

Gulfstream Iv N874c Registered to Hewlett- Packard of San Jose, California, Arrived in Melbourne From Hong Kong via Darwin on December 5.

It Later Departed for Sydney for Nadi on December 7.

Gulfstream Iv-sp N902 Arrived at Essendon From Auckland on January 15.

Funky Buddha Media Gulfstream Iv N919ct Arrived in Melbourne Fromjakarta on January 2 and Departed Sydney for Papeete on January 3.

Gulfstream Iv N950cm Registered to Oaktree Capital Management of Los Angeles Arrived in Cairns From Apia on December 23 Before Continuing to Melbourne on December 26. It Departed Sydney for Nadi on January 1.

Gulfstream Iv N1904w Registered to Whirlpool Corporation of Benton Harbor, Michigan, Arrived in Melbourne From Hong Kong via Darwin on December 13 and Departed on December 15 for Apia and Honolulu.

Heavy Metal

Emirates Cargo A310‑308f A6-efc Arrived in Melbourne on November 29 Using the Callsign ‘emirates 4944’.

Continental Connection Atr 42-300 N11835 Arrived in Cairns From Guam on January 9. The Atr, Which is Registered to Cape Air of Hyannis, Massachusetts, and is One of Three Operating for Continental Connection Out of Guam, Was Ferried South for Planned Maintenance With Hawker Pacific.

Air Atlanta Icelandic 747‑243b(Sf) Tf-amd Operated a Flight for Maskargo Into Melbourne and Sydney on December 29.

767-238er N2767 Registered to Blue City Holdings of Oklahoma City (Believed to Be a Holding Company for Google) Arrived in Christchurch From Honolulu as Flight Elx58 on December 27. The Aircraft Later Continued to Sydney on December 29 and Remained There Until January 5 When It Departed for Honolulu.

N2767 is Better Known to Many as the Former Vheaq City of Launceston Which Was Delivered to Qantas in Sydney on August 30 1987.

767-227ger V8-mhb Which Carries the Colours of Royal Brunei but is Operated by the Sultan’s Flight Arrived in Coolangatta on December 17.

757-23a N226g Which is Operated by Comco of Nashville Arrived in Perth on December 10 From Pago Pago via Brisbane. It Was Later Noted in Canberra and Departed Brisbane for Pago Pago on December 16.

737-7es/bbj N363bj Arrived at Amberley on January 12 From Seattle via Honolulu and Pago Pago. It is the Third Bbj to Be Ferried to Amberley for Conversion to Wedgetail Aew&c Configuration by Boeing Australia for the Raaf.

Boeing Company 737‑7bc/ Bbj N339ba E Arrived in Sydney From Singapore on December 2.

After Over-nighting It Departed for Canberra Where Its Passengers Greeted the Arrival of the First Boeing C‑17a for the Raaf. It Departed Canberra for Honolulu on December 5.

Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L-382g N406lc Arrived in Darwin From Paya Lebar as Flight Lyc406 on December 23. It Later Visited Brisbane, Sydney, Townsville and Port Moresby on a Series of Charters Before Again Being Noted in Darwin on January 13.

Safair Cargo Lockheed L-382g Zs‑rsc Departed Christchurch for Brisbane and Darwin on December 5, Operating as Flight Sfr 859.

Ferry Flights

Air Tractor 802 C-gedz Arrived at Parafield, Sa, on December 11 After Ferrying in From Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Flown by Steve Death of Srd Aviation of Albury, It Was Ferried via Winnipeg, Minot, North Dakota; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Prescott, Arizona; Santa Maria, California; Hilo; Christmas Island; Nadi; Coolangatta and Albury.

The Air Tractor Was on Delivery to Rj & Pg Mccabe of Tintinara and Was Later Registered Vh‑odw.

Beech a-36 Vh-bsi, Which Was Registered to a Private Owner at Murwillumbah, Nsw on October 23, Ferried Into Brisbane From Norfolk Island on December 1 on Completion of Its Pacific Crossing.

Beech a-36 Vh-scj Which Was Also Registered to a Private Owner at Murwillumbah on October 23, Ferried Into Brisbane on December 19 From Christmas Island, Apia and Norfolk Island.

Cessna 210n Vh-amg, Which Was Registered to Cabin Farming of St George, Queensland on December 6, Ferried Into Kempsey on December 21 From Christmas Island, Apia, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. On Arrival It Was Noted Still to Be Carrying Its Former Canadian Registration, C‑gtsw, Under Its Wing.

Cessna 172s Vh-kgw, Which Was Registered to the Wieland Helicopter Company of Oatlands, Nsw on November 9, Arrived at Bankstown on November 11 After Ferrying in From Apia, Noumea and Lord Howe Island.

Eurocopter Ec 130b4 Zk-hkv, Which Was on Delivery to Objective Aviation of Auckland, Has Been Ferried From the Uk to New Zealand. On December 14 It Arrived at Ardmore From Lord Howe, Norfolk Island and Kerikeri on Completion of Its Flight From the Uk.

Mil Mi-8mtv Er-mhz Which is Operated by Heli Harvest of Taupo Ferried via Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island on December 9 at Short Notice to Assist in Fighting the Gippsland Fires. It Was Later Noted at Moorabbin on December 13 Using the Callsign ‘helitack 148’.

Pac-750xl Zk-jqv Departed Hamilton, New Zealand, on November 18 on Delivery to Nature Link, the Pac-750xl Distributors in South Africa. The Aircraft Was Ferried by Steve Death of Srd Aviation in Albury With the Routing to Wonderboom in Pretoria Being via Lord Howe Island, Moree, Port Hedland, Cocos Island, Colombo, Mahe, Antanarive and Lanseria.

Pa-24 Hb-otf Arrived at Moorabbin on December 22 From Parafield to Complete Another Stage of a Planned Flight Around the World. You Can Follow the Travels of the Comanche, Which Had Departed La Chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland on November 11, on Www. Flying-doctor. Ch.

Socata Tb-20 Vh-kmy, Which Was Registered to a Private Owner in Sydney on November 10, Ferried From Apia to Norfolk Island on December 3 Before Continuing to Lord Howe Island the Following Day.