Kingdom Holdings of Riyadh 747-4J6 HZ-WBT7 arrived in Sydney on August 23 and departed on August 25. (Seth Jaworski)
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Airline News
in This Issue We Can Report the Delivery of Two 737-800s to Virgin Blue, a 737-300f for Airwork (Nz), a Fokker 100 and Fokker 50 to Alliance, and a Dash 8-300 to Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson, Plus the Departures of an Ansett Bae 146-300 and a Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson Saab 340a.
Air New Zealand 767-319er Zk-nco, Which Was Withdrawn From Service on July 7, Was Ferried From Auckland to Raaf Richmond on August 8 as Flight Nz6023. At Richmond Tae Painted the 767 in the Colours of the Uk Opera-tor Flyglobespan Before It Departed on August 21 as Flight Nz6024 on Its Return Ferry to Auckland.
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Air New Zealand Engineering Has Been Awarded a Contract to Provide Mainte-nance for Hawaiian Airlines 767-300ers, and on August 18 the First, 767-33aer N580ha, Arrived in Auckland From Honolulu.
Air New Zealand Link/ Air Nelson Took Delivery of Its 17th Dash 8-q311, C-fjkq, at Nelson on July 23 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From North Bay, Ontario via Detroit, Concord, Honolulu and Pago Pago. Later Registered Zk-net the Dash 8 Entered Service on August 2 When It Operated Flight Nz8148 From Nelson to Wellington. Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson Was Planning to Take Delivery of Dash 8-q311 Zk-neu at Nelson on September 12.
Saab 340a Zk-nlq, Which Was Withdrawn From Service on May 14, Has Been Sold to Aviation Inventory Resources of Dallas, Texas, and on July 30 It Departed Nelson for Apia on the First Leg of Its Delivery Flight. The Final Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson Saab Service Was Planned to Operate on September 24 From Nelson to Wellington and Return.
Air Niugini Terminated Its Lease on 767-319er P2-ang on August 28 After the Aircraft Operated Flight Px8 From Port Moresby to Manila and Hong Kong. To Replace P2-ang in Service Air Niugini Has Reportedly Leased 767-33aer V8-rbg From Royal Brunei, but Until This Aircraft is Avail-able, Air Niugini Has Leased 767-33eer B-maw From Viva Macau.
P2-ang Has Been Part of the Airline Scene in New Zealand and Png Since Being Delivered to Air New Zealand as Zk-nce on June 17 ’91. Air New Zealand Oper-ated It Until May ’02 With the Aircraft Then Being Leased to Air Niugini Who Placed It in Service on August 16 ’02.
Air Niugini Has Termi-nated Its Lease on Dash 8-202 P2-any With the Aircraft Being Placed on the Australian Register as Vh-aff on August 9.
Air Pacific Leased 767-338er Vh-ogb From Qantas to Cover Planned Maintenance on Its 767-3x2er, Dq-fjc. On July 22 Dq-fjc Operated Flight Fj921 From Nadi to Brisbane Where It Then en-tered the Qantas Maintenance Hangar. Vh-ogb, Which Car-ried Small Titles ‘operated on Behalf of Air Pacific’, Entered Service With Air Pacific on July 22 When It Operated Flight Fj920 From Brisbane to Nadi. Air Pacific Terminated Its Lease on Vh-ogb on August 19 After the Aircraft Operated Flight Fj921 From Nadi to Brisbane.
Alliance Airlines Took De-livery of Fokker 100 N894us at Brisbane on August 10 After the Aircraft Arrived From Biak and Townsville From the United States. The Ferry Flight, Which Used the Callsign ‘southern Cross 426’, Was Contracted to Southern Cross Aviation of Camarillo, California. The Fokker 100 Was Later Registered Vh-fkk to Alliance Airlines on August 16.
Alliance Took Delivery of a Third Fokker 50, Vh-fkx, at Melbourne/essendon on August 12 After the Ex Mandarin Airlines Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Taiwan (Using the Callsign ‘southern Cross 715’). General Aviation Maintenance Painted the Fokker in Alliance Colours Before It Ferried to Brisbane on August 27.
Alliance Placed Its Second Fokker 50, Vh-fky, Into Rpt Service on July 17 When the Aircraft Operated Dj5907 From Adelaide to Olympic Dam.
Ansett Bae 146-300 Zk-nzl, Which Had Been Parked at Melbourne Since Ferrying in From Christchurch on December 21 ’01, Was Scrapped at Melbourne on August 8. The 146 Was Originally Built on Order for East-west Airlines as Vh-ewk and Was Delivered to Tamworth on October 4 ’90.
Pacific Blue Announced on August 23 That Effec-tive November 15 It Will Commence New Zealand Domestic Services Connecting Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. To Operate These Services Three 737-8fes Will Be Transferred From the Virgin Blue Fleet, Reported to Be Vh-vub, Vh-vud and Vh-vuh.
Pacific Blue Changed Its Iata Code From Pbi to Pbn Effective August 1.
Solomon Airlines Terminated Its Lease on the Skyairworld E-170-100lr Vh-swo in Early August and Since Then Solomon Has Been Leasing Either a 737-300 From Our Airline or a 737- 200 From Ozjet to Operate Its Services. Solomon Airlines Had Only Commenced Opera-tions With the Skyairworld Embraer on May 20.
Toll Holdings Took De-livery of 737-3b7f N519au at Auckland on August 27 After the Aircraft Completed Its Delivery Flight From Miami via Long Beach, Honolulu and Pago Pago. The 737 Freighter, Which Will Be Operated by Airwork (Nz), Was Later Registered Zk-tlc. It Was First Delivered to Us Airways in 1988.
Toll is Also Reported to Be Planning to Take Delivery of 737-3b7 N520au Later This Year. Like Its Sistership, N520au Was Previously Operated by Us Airways. It is Currently Being Converted to Freighter Configuration at Miami.
Toll’s First Atr Freighter Service Was Operated on July 31 When Jetcraft Operated Atr 42-320f Vh-toq Departed Adelaide for Sydney Before Continuing to Melbourne and Then Back to Adelaide.
Virgin Blue Took Delivery of 737-8fe Vh-vuk Mackay-be Diva at Brisbane on August 19 After the Aircraft Completed Its Trans-pacific Ferry Flight From Seattle via Lihue and Nadi. Vh-vuk Entered Service With Virgin Blue on August 24 When It Operated Flight Dj222 From Brisbane to Sydney.
737-8fe Vh-vul Ballina-rina Blue Was Delivered to Virgin Blue in Christchurch on August 26 After It Ferried in From Seattle via Lihue and Nadi. Vh-vul Was Initially Ferried to Christchurch to Be Modified to Accept Live2air Tv Signals.
737-8fes Vh-vuk and Vh-vul Are the First Two of 14 737-8fe’s Which Virgin Blue Currently Have on Order From Boeing for Delivery Thru August 2011. Virgin Blue Will Also Take Delivery of Leased 737-8bks Vh-vum and Vh-vun in October and November of This Year. Virgin Blue Also Took Delivery of Its First E-170-100, Vh-zha Belle-issimo Blue, at Brisbane on September 11.
Qantas Group
Update in This Issue We Report the Delivery of Jetstar’s Sixth and Last A330-202.
Qantas 747-338 Vh-ebx Was Damaged on the Ground at Melbourne on July 24. Temporary Repair Work Allowed It to Be Ferried to Avalon on July 28 for Further Repairs. On August 22 It Ferried to Sydney as Flight Qf6192 Before Returning to Service With Qantas the Following Day.
747-338 Vh-ebu Nalanji Dreaming Which is Stored at Avalon Was Noted There in Late August to Have Lost Its Special ‘nalanji Dreaming’ Colour Scheme Along With Its Qantas Markings. The 747 Now Has Had Its Fuselage Painted All Over Blue While the Tail is Now All Over Red.
As Detailed in the ‘airline News’ Section, 767-338er Vh-ogb Was Leased to Air Pacific From July 22 to August 19 to Cover Planned Mainte-nance on Air Pacific’s 767.
767-338er Vh-ogd Was the First Aircraft to Be Repainted in Qantas’s Revised Colour Scheme. After Being Painted by Tae at Richmond It Was Ferried to Sydney Late on July 23 and Was Shown to the Media the Following Day (See Report in September Aa for Details).
Qantaslink 717-231 Vh-nxo, Which Was Previously Registered Vh-yqj, Was Ferried From Adelaide to Richmond on July 23 for Repainting by Tae From Its Jetstar to the New Qantas Livery. It Then Ferried Back to Adelaide on August 4 Before Being Delivered to Qantaslink in Perth as Flight Qf6200 on August 23. Vh-nxo Entered Service With Qantaslink on August 25 When It Operated Flight Qf1810 From Perth to Port Hedland.
717-2bd Vh-nxf Was Withdrawn From Qantaslink Service on August 25 After It Operated Flight Qf1895 From Kalgoorlie to Perth. The Following Day Vh-nxf Was Ferried to Adelaide as Flight Qf6200 Where It Was Parked in Company With 717-200s Vh-nxb and Vh-nxc.
Jetstar Took Delivery of A330-202 Vh-ebf at Melbourne in the Early Hours of August 26 After It Ferried in Direct From Toulouse as Flight Jq7990. Flight Time for the Trip Was Quoted as 19 Hours 39 Minutes.
Jetstar Replaced Qantas on the Cairns to Nagoya Route Effective August 2 With A330-202 Vh-ebe Operating the Inaugural Jq63.
Regional Airline News
new Qantas colours. (Paul Daw)
(Seth Jaworski)
in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Second Atr 42-320f to Jetcraft Aviation and a Saab 340b+ to Regional Express.
Aeropelican Had Placed a Second Jetstream 32 Vh-otf Into Rpt Service by August 4.
Air Kiribati Casa 212 T3-atj Departed Cairns for Gurney on July 24 on the First Leg of Its Ferry Flight to Tarawa. The Casa (Pictured in This Column Last Issue) Had Been With Hawker Pacific in Cairns for Maintenance Since April ’06.
Airlines Png Dash 8-102 P2-mco Has Been Trans-ferred to Operations With Skytrans With the Aircraft, Now Registered Vh-qqf, Delivered to Cairns in Mid September.
Dash 8-102 5w-faa, Which is the Former P2-mcm With Airlines Png, Was Planned to Return to Port Moresby in Mid September After Terminating Its Lease to Polynesian Airlines.
Brindabella Airlines Has Announced That It Will Take Delivery of Two Jetstream 41 Aircraft From the United States With the Aircraft Planned to Enter Service in October ’07 and February ’08.
Jetcraft Aviation Took Delivery of Atr 42-320 Vh-tox at Brisbane/ Archerfield on August 6. The Atr Was Ferried From Edinburgh to Shannon on July 25 and There It Was Painted in Basic Toll Colours Before Departing Shannon for Malta on August 2 on the First Leg of Its Delivery Flight to Australia. Vh-tox Was a 1986 Production Aircraft (Msn 024) Which Was Delivered to Cimber Air in Denmark in November of That Year as Oy-cic. Prior to Its Sale to Jetcraft the Atr Was Operated by Air Contractors as Ei-sle.
Origin Pacific Jetstream 41 Zk-jse, Which Was Later Registered N146km to Northstar Aviation of Boca Raton, Florida, Was Planned to Depart Wellington for Sydney on August 18 on Delivery to an Operator in Africa. However, at Time of Writing the Jetstream Was Still Parked at Wellington.
Pionair Adventures Convair 580 Zk-pal, Which Has Been Operat-ing in Australia Since May 3, Departed Brisbane for Palmerston North on July 28 Polynesian Airlines Planned to Terminate Its Lease on Dash 8-102 5w-faa on September 11 With the Aircraft to Be Returned to Airlines Png. Polynesian is Expected to Add a Dhc-6-300 to Its Fleet to Replace the Dash 8.
Regional Express Took Delivery of Saab 340b+ N374ae at Wagga Wagga on August 5 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Nashville, Tennessee by Wade Aviation of Spring Hill, Nsw. It Routed via Yuma, Christmas Island, Apia, Coolangatta and Orange. The Saab Was Later Registered Vh-zlf.
Saab 340b+ N375ae, Which Will Be Registered Vh-zlg, Was Planned for Delivery to Regional Express on September 5.
Saab 340b+ Vh-zla Entered Service With Regional Express on August 4 When It Operated Flight Zl3281 From Wagga Wagga to Melbourne.
Saab 340b+ Vh-zlc Entered Service With Regional Express on August 19 When It Operated Flight Zl664 From Wagga Wagga to Sydney.
Regional Express an-nounced on July 30 That It Had Purchased Five Saab 340bs It Previously Leased. These Were Vh-rxe, Vh-rxn, Vh-rxs, Vh-rxx and Vh-trx.
Rfds/queensland Registered King Air B200 Vh-fda Msn Bb-1986 on July 25 With the Aircraft Planned to Be Delivered to Australia by Mid August.
Skytrans Has Merged Its Operations With Queensland Regional Airlines With the Skytrans Name Remaining. Dash 8-102 Vh-qqf, Which Previ-ously Operated With Airlines Png, Was Registered on August 7 and Was Planned for Delivery From Port Moresby to Cairns in Mid September.
Surveillance Australia Reims Cessna F406 Vh-zzf Was Re-registered Vh-yzf on July 30, While F406 Vh-zzg Was Re-registered Vh-yzg on August 21.
Bizjet News
N604AU. (Daniel Wilson)
the Bizjet Scene is Certainly Booming and in This Issue We Report the Delivery of No Fewer Than Six Aircraft – a Global Express, Gulfstream Iv/sp, Challenger 604, Hawker 850xp, Citation Iii and Learjet 36a.
Global Express N94zz, Which Was Registered to Westfield Aviation and is Expected to Take Up Residence in Australia, Arrived in Sydney From Jakarta on July 30.
Gulfstream Iv/sp N123lc, Which Was Later Registered Vh-osw, Was Delivered to Avwest in Perth on August 6 After It Flew in From Monterey via Hilo, Pago Pago and Sydney.
Challenger 604 N322bx Was Delivered to Aussie Vineyards in Coolangatta on July 31 After It Flew in From Nadi. To Be Re-registered N604au, It Has Had Its Tail Painted in an Attractive Scheme Featuring Kangaroos.
Learjet 45 Vh-vvi, Which Was Operated by Agg Learjet P/l of Helensvale, Queensland and Has Been Re-placed by the Challenger 604 N322bx, Was Cancelled From the Register on August 22. The Same Day It Was Placed on the Us Register as N45au With the Wells Fargo Bank of Salt Lake City.
Hawker 850xp Vh-ram, Which is a New Build Aircraft, Was Registered to Ramsay Air Charter of Greenwich, Nsw, on August 17. On August 22 the Hawker Was Delivered to Its Sydney Base via Kona, Apia and Port Vila.
Citation Iii Vh-sbu Was Registered to Orkdale P/l of Oxenford, Queensland, on August 9, Before Being Delivered From Port Moresby to Coolangatta on August 11.
The Citation is a 1986 Pro-duction Aircraft Which Was Last Registered in the United States as N106st to Rnj Holdings of Lakeland, Florida.
Learjet 36a N950g Was Delivered to the Jet City Hangar in Melbourne on August 10 After It Flew in From Pago Pago and Norfolk Island. The Learjet, Which Was Registered to International Auto Brokers of Paradise Valley, Arizona, Was Cancelled From the Us Register on August 13. However, at the Time of Writing It Had Still Not Been Placed on the Australian Register.
Cessna 510 Mustang N2243w, Which Was Import-ed Into Australia by Aeromil Pacific on July 15 (See Pic in ‘newsdesk’, Sept Aa), Has Reportedly Been Sold in New Zealand.
Cessna 500 Vh-zmd, Which is Operated by Australasian Jet, Was Noted at Coolangatta on August 17 With ‘police’ Titles on Its Engines.
Overseas Bizjets
Global Express N90ew Registered to Ewa West of San Jose Arrived in Sydney From Kona on August 21. It Departed Melbourne for Kona on August 24.
Global Express N500e Registered to Mobil Corporation of Dallas Arrived in Melbourne on August 19.
Global Express N605vf, Registered to Dwight Management of Minneapolis, Arrived in Cairns From Majuro on July 31. It Depart-ed for Sydney on August 3 and From Sydney for Majuro on August 7.
Global Express N711mn Registered to Qualcomm Inc of San Diego Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on July 20. After Over-nighting It Returned to Honolulu.
Tyrolean Jet Service of Innsbruck Global Express Oe-igs Arrived in Sydney From Male on August 4 Before Continuing to Perth the Following Day. It Departed Perth for Male on August 8.
Internation Jet Club of Luton, Uk Operated Global Express Vp-bow Arrived in Sydney From Bangkok on July 24 Before Continuing to Darwin Later That Day. On July 25 It Departed for New Delhi.
Hawkjet of Hamilton, Bermuda Operated Challenger 604 N720as Departed Sydney for Jakarta on August 1.
Canadian Global Air Ambulance of Winnipeg Op-erated Learjet 35a C-gajs Arrived in West Sale From Cebu via Darwin and Alice Springs on July 30. After Over-nighting It Departed for Alice Springs, Darwin and Cebu.
Chiron Flight Services of Singapore/seletar Operated Learjet 35a Hs-cfs Arrived in Perth From Denpasar on August 1. After Over-nighting It Returned to Denpasar.
Avangard Aviation of Karlsruhe, Germany Operated Citation X P4-and Departed Auckland for Sydney on August 19 and After Over-nighting Continued to Ayers Rock.
Base Skypower of Lahat, Malaysia Operated Cessna 550 N998sr Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar on July 27, Remaining There Until July 31 Before Departing Back to Denpasar.
Andersson Business Jets of Stockholm Operated Falcon 900ex Se-djm Arrived in Melbourne From Kuala Lumpur on August 14 and After Over-nighting Continued to Auckland.
Norilsk Nickel of Moscow Operated Falcon 900ex Vp-cfr Departed Queenstown for Brisbane and Hamilton Island on August 26.
Gulfstream 550 N661cp Registered to Wachovia Financial Services of Charlotte, North Carolina, Ar-rived in Darwin From Jakarta on August 8. The Following Day It Operated Darwin-dili- Darwin Before Continuing to Perth, Melbourne and Canberra From Where It De-parted on August 13 to Hilo.
Jet Alliance of Vienna Operated Gulfstream 550 Oe-irg Arrived in Melbourne on August 28.
United States Army Gulfstream 550/c-37b 04-1778, Which Carries ‘united States of America’ Titles and Was Using the Callsign ‘pat 256’, Departed Sydney for Singapore on August 8.
United States Navy Gulfstream 550/c-37b 166376, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘navy 100’, Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 13 and After Over-nighting Departed for Canberra. The Gulfstream C- 37b Was Later Noted in Perth on August 16.
Gulfstream V N4cp Registered to Charlie Papa Operations of West Trenton, New Jersey Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 5 and Departed for Tokyo on August 8.
Gulfstream V N38ba Arrived in Brisbane From Hong Kong on August 3. It Departed Brisbane for Hong Kong on August 9.
Gulfstream V N73rp Registered to Warner Communications of New York Arrived in Cairns From Honolulu on August 1 Before Departing Cairns for Honolulu on August 3.
Gulfstream V N528qs Registered to Nji Sales of Oklahoma City Arrived in Brisbane From Honolulu on July 21.
G5 Executive of Zurich Operated Gulfstream V Hb-igm, Using the Callsign Batman 541, Ar-rived in Melbourne From Mahe on August 15. After Over-nighting It Departed for Christchurch.
Anglo American Operated Gulfstream V Zs-aol De-parted Melbourne/essendon for Brisbane on July 17 and After Over-nighting Continued to Sydney. On July 19 It Departed Sydney for Adelaide and Jakarta.
Gulfstream Iv N820ms Registered to Koloa Aviation of Honolulu Was Noted at Brisbane on July 15 Before Flying From Ayers Rock to Busselton on July 18. It Remained There Until July 20 When It Departed for Perth and Phuket.
Ferry Flights
leg of a round-the-world trip. (Grahame Hutchison)
Ex Oman Police Force Bell 205as A40-ao and A40-aq Arrived in Brisbane on August 21 on Board a Kalitta Air 747-246f From Muscat and Jakarta. It is Believed That Both Helicopters Were on Delivery to a Queensland Based Operator.
Baron 58 N501sa Regis-tered to Bay Hill Baron, of Fairfax, Virginia Arrived on Lord Howe Island on August 25 After Ferrying in From Hilo, Christmas Island and Apia.
Beech G36 Vh-vdb, Which Was Registered to Hawker Pacific on July 31, Arrived in Coolangatta From Apia and Brisbane on August 15 After Completing Its Trans- Pacific Ferry.
Cessna T206h D-emca Arrived in Darwin From Sydney/bankstown, Rockhampton and Normanton on August 4 and Departed for Kupang on August 6. On the Second Leg of Its Around-the-world in 80 Days Flight. At Bankstown It Was Fitted With Long Range Ferry Tanks to Allow It to Cross the Bering Strait From Petropavlovsk in Russia to Nome in Alaska. For Details on This Aircraft’s Round-the-world Travels, Visit Www. Globeflight-rallye. Com.
Cirrus Sr22 N156sr Fer-ried From Hilo to Christmas Island on August 27 and From Christmas Island to Pago Pago on August 28.
New Production Pac 750xl Zk-jna De-parted Hamilton for Brisbane on August 24.
Fletcher Fu-24 Pk-pnb, Previously Registered Zk-jal, Ferried Out of Hamilton Des-tined for Lord Howe Island on August 21.
Pilatus Pc-12 Vh-oou, Which Was Registered to Cockles P/l of Halls Head, Wa, on June 25, Arrived in Perth on August 17 After Fer-rying in From Norfolk Island, Brisbane and Adelaide.
Vans Rv-7 N77mz Ferried From Christmas Island to Pago Pago on August 1. After Over-nighting It Continued to Norfolk Island.
Heavy Metal
Qatar Airways Amiri Flight A320-232 A7-aag, Using the Callsign ‘amiri 2’, Arrived in Sydney From Darwin on August 28.
Volga-dnepr Airlines an-124 Ra-82079 Arrived in Perth From Singapore on August 11 as Flight Vda2731.
Atr 42-300 Pk-vsx of Dirgantara Air Services of Jakarta/halim Arrived in Cairns on July 31 for Mainte-nance With Hawker Pacific.
747-4j6 Hz-wbt7 Oper-ated by Kingdom Holdings of Riyadh Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 23. The 747 Remained in Sydney Until August 25 When It Departed for Port Moresby.
Kalitta Air 747-246f N705ck Arrived in Brisbane From Muscat via Jakarta on August 21 Using the Callsign ‘connie 511’. After Unload-ing Two Bell 205s It Departed for Hong Kong the Follow-ing Day.
Oman Royal Flight 747sp-27 A40-so Arrived in Melbourne From Colombo on July 15 and Departed for Bangkok on July 17.
Viva Macau 767-284er B-mav Operated the Airline’s Inaugural Flight Zg9501 Into Sydney From Macau on August 23. Viva Macau is Operating Three Return Serv-ices Weekly (Tue/thu/sun) Macau-sydney-macau.
Magenta Aviation 737-74t/bbj Vp-bel, Which Had Arrived in Woodbourne on May 31, Departed There on August 16 for Auckland and Singapore.
Royal Malaysian Air Force 737-7h6/bbj M53-01, Which Was Operating as Flight Rmf640, Arrived in Melbourne From Kuala Lumpar on July 17.
Ilyushin Il-96-300pu Ra-96012, Which is Operated by Russia State Transport and Was Using the Callsign Russia 9057, Arrived in Sydney on August 23 and Later the Same Day Departed for Jakarta.
Royal Air Force Lockheed L-1011 Zd948 Departed Sydney for Auckland on August 22 Using the Callsign ‘ascot 3730’.
United States Navy Lockheed C-130t 165313 Arrived in Brisbane From Kwajalein on August 26 Using the Callsign ‘juliet Whiskey 090’.
Usa/canada 2007
at Oshkosh in July. (Gordon Reid)
Your Writer Has Just Returned From His Annual Pilgrimage to Eaa Airventure at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Followed by a Week in Canada Photographing Floatplanes in Western Ontario and Eastern Manitoba. The Visit to Canada Also Afforded the Highlight of the Trip, a Flight in a Curtiss C-46 Freighter of First Nations Transportation Out of Gimli, Manitoba.
While in the Usa I Noted a Few Aircraft With Australasian Connections: Westwind Ii Vh-knr, Which Was Registered to Pel-air Aviation of Sydney on March 5 but Has Yet to Be Delivered, Was Noted Parked at Chino, California.
At Milwaukee/general Mitchell Field, Air Cargo Carriers Was Preparing Shorts 360-300 N764jr, the Former Vh-suf, for Operation in Iraq, While Under Main-tenance in Its Hangar Was Shorts 360-100 N367ac Ex Vh-mvw. Air Cargo Carriers Also Operates Shorts 360-200 N368ac Ex Vh-bwo Which is Operating on Contract to Ups, as Was Shorts 360-300 N136lr Ex Vh-sul. Shorts 360-200 N334ac Ex Vh-lsi Was Based in Warsaw, Indiana Where It Was Working for Ups. Shorts 360-300 N372ac Ex Vh-sum, Which Survived a Mid-air Collision Over Wisconsin in February ’06, Has Since Been Reduced to a Source of Spare Parts.
Pac 750xl N750dv, Which is Operated by Sky-div-ing Company Sky Knights, Was Noted Parked at East Troy, Wisconsin.
Gippsland Aeronautics Had Airvans N576ga and N698av on Display at Oshkosh While the Civil Air Patrol Had Airvan N607cp on Display. Airvan N686ga, Which is Based in Arizona, Also Visited the Show and Parked in the Camping Area.
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