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Vh-oqd Entered Service on August 29 When It Operated Qf31 From Sydney to Singapore and London.

A330-202 Vh-ebk, Which is Operated by Qantas in a Domestic Configuration on the Perth to Melbourne and Sydney Routes, Will Be Transferred to Jetstar Operations in November.

A330-202 Vh-ebm Msn 1061 and A330-202 Vh-ebn Msn 1094 Are Planned for Delivery to Qantas in Late ’09 and Early ’10 Respectively.

737-838 Vh-vxa Has Been Repainted at Avalon in the New Qantas Livery, Returning to Service in Early September.

737-476 Vh-tjo is the First 737-400 in the Qantas Mainline Fleet to Be Painted in the New Livery. After Repainting at Avalon the 737 Ferried Back to Melbourne on August 16 as Flight Qf6170.

Qantas/jetconnect Took Delivery of Its First 737-838, Vh-vzf Jean Batten, at Melbourne on September 3 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Seattle/boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as Flight Qf6020. Prior to Entering Service With Jetconnect the Aircraft Was Registered Zk-zqa.

737-838 Vh-vzg Sir William Hudson, Which Was Later Registered Zk-zqb, Arrived in Melbourne on September 6 Over the Same Route and With the Same Flight Number as Used by Vh-vzf. 737-838 Vh-vzh, Which Will Be Registered Zk-zqc, is Planned for Delivery in October.

Qantaslink Took Delivery of Dash 8-q402 C-fxaz at Brisbane on July 28 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Toronto via Grand Rapids, Concord, Honolulu and Majuro. Later Registered Vh-qos the Dash 8 Entered Service With Qantaslink on August 9 When It Operated Qf2346 From Brisbane to Gladstone.

Dash 8-q315 Vh-sbj Has Been Leased to Cobham for 18 Months With the Aircraft Ferrying Into Adelaide From Sydney as Flight Qf6139 on August 17.

Jetstar is to Lease a Further Four New Build A330-200s, With the First Delivery Planned for November 2010.

Jetstar Will Take Delivery of A321-232 Vh-vwt in Newcastle in Late October. This Aircraft Was Built on Order for Kingfisher Airlines, but After Making Its First Flight at Hamburg on December 11 ’08 Was Placed in Storage.

Australian Air Express Withdrew 727-277f Vh-vli From Service in Melbourne on December 31’ 08 With the Aircraft Then Being Parked at the John Holland Hangar.

On March 28 the Registration Holder of Vh-vli Was Changed to Csds Aircraft Sales and Leasing of Torrance, California, and on August 17 Came Another Change to Airmark Asia of Singapore.

On August 20 Vh-vli Departed Melbourne for Port Hedland With the Aircraft Continuing to Kuala Lumpur on August 22. It Will Reportedly Be Operated by Neptune Air, a Subsidiary of Airmark Asia.

Airline News

Air New Zealand Withdrew 737-3u3 Zk-fre From Service on July 26 After the Aircraft Operated Nz557 From Auckland to Christchurch.

Zk-fre Then Entered the Air New Zealand Hangar in Christchurch Where It Was Prepared for Delivery in Early October to the Brazilian Airline Webjet Linhas Aereas.

747-419er Zk-nbt Was Planned to Be Withdrawn Fromair New Zealand Service in September.

767-319er/w Zk-nck Was the Second of Its Type in the Air New Zealand Fleet to Be Fitted With Winglets. After Installation in Hong Kong Zk-nck Was Ferried to Kansai on August 9 as Flight Nz6094 and From There It Operated Flight Nz98 to Auckland (Arriving August 10). 767-319er Zk-ncl Operated Nz97 From Auckland to Kansai on August 10 Before Positioning as Flight Nz6097 to Hong Kong Where It Was Fitted With Winglets.

Air New Zealand 747-419 Zk-nbv Operated a Charter to Barcelona Recently With the Aircraft Departing Auckland on July 16 as Flight Nz1981 to Brisbane, Hong Kong and Barcelona.

It Returned to Auckland as Nz1982 on July 21 Over the Same Route.

Skywest Airlines Will Add a Ninth Fokker 100 to Its Fleet in Mid October With the Delivery of Vh-fsq Msn 11450, an Aircraft Previously Operated by Cosmic Air as 9n-ahi.

Fokker 100 Vh-fnt Departed Perth on July 29 for Planned Maintenance at Seletar, With the Aircraft Returning to Perth on August 6.

Fokker 50 Vh-fna, Which Had Completed Planned Maintenance at Seletar, Ferried Back to Perth From Denpasar on July 21.

Strategic Airlines Took Delivery of A320-212 F-gstr in Brisbane on August 13 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Phuket and Darwin.

Strategic A330-223 Vh-ssa Was Noted at Brisbane on August 23 With ‘let’s Go Broncos!’ Titles on the Forward Fuselage. On August 27, Carrying the Brisbane Broncos Team for a Nrl Game in Townsville, the Aircraft Departed Brisbane for Townsville as Flight Ssa001.

Solomon Airlines Placed A320-212 F-gstr Into Service on August 14 When the Aircraft, Which is Leased From Strategic Airlines Europe, Operated Sol701/700 Brisbane-honiara- Brisbane. Due to the Late Delivery of the A320, Solomon Airlines Utilised Strategic A330-322 Cs-tmt to Operate Its Service on August 3 While on August 5, 7, 10 and 12 It Leased 737-800s From Qantas With Vh‑vxq, Vh‑vzd, Vh‑vxh and Vh-vzb Operating the Flights. Initially F-gstr Operated the Solomon Flights With a White Fuselage and Strategic Tail, but on August 23 Solomons Titles Were Added to the Forward Fuselage.

Virgin Blue Registered E‑190-100igw Vh-zpn on August 25.

Regional Airline News

Recent Turboprop Deliveries Include a Fokker 50 to Alliance, a Saab 340b+ to Regional Express, a King Air B200 to the Rfds and a Cessna 208b to Chartair.

Departures Include a Pionair Convair 580 and an Airnorth Emb-110p1, Plus We Have to Record the Tragic Crash of the Airlines Png Dhc‑6‑300 Twin Otter.

Airlines Png Dhc-6-300 P2-mcb Was Destroyed in an Accident on August 11 When It Crashed Near Kokoda While Operating Charter Flight Cg4684 From Port Moresby. As Was Widely Reported the Two Crew and 11 Passengers Onboard the Aircraft Were Killed.

Airnorth Regional Emb‑110p1 Vh-lnb Has Been Sold to Tag (Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos) in Guatemala City. On July 22, Ferried by Dbf Aviation Services of Sydney, the Aircraft Departed Maryborough for Brisbane.

After Overnighting Vh-lnb Continued Its Ferry via Pago Pago, Christmas Island, Hilo, Santa Maria in California, and New Braunfells and Brownsville in Texas.

Alliance Airlines Was Contracted by Werner Aero Services to Part Out a Fokker 50 at Its Adelaide Base, Resulting in Former Maswings Fokker 50 9m-mgc Ferrying Into Adelaide on August 2 From Kuala Lumpur via Denpasar, Darwin and Alice Springs as Flight Mas5417. On August 5 the All White Fokker (Refer Photo in Register Update) Was Registered to Alliance Airlines as Vh-ahx.

Chartair Purchased Cessna 208b Hb-cze From Zimex Aviation, With the Aircraft Being Registered Vh-ngk on August 6. The Ferry Flight From Altenrhein, Switzerland, Was Carried Out by Dbf Aviation Services With the Aircraft Routed via Malta, Luxor, Muscat, Colombo, Cocos and Port Hedland to Alice Springs, Where the Cessna Arrived on August 13.

Cobham Has Leased Qantaslink Dash 8-q315 Vh-sbj for 18 Months With an Option to Extend for a Further Six Months. The Aircraft Was Deliv-ered to the Cobham Hangar in Adelaide on August 17 Where It Was Painted in Cobham Colours and Titles. Cobham is Operating the Dash 8 on Resource Charter Flights From Perth to Brockman and Kambalda Commencing Early September.

Regional Express Took Delivery of Saab 340b+ N393ae in Late July. The Saab Was Noted at the Gold Coast on July 23 While en Route From Nashville to Wagga Wagga via Yuma, Christmas Island, Apia, Gold Coast and Orange. It Was Registered on July 29 as Vh-zrn.

Rfds/queensland Has Taken Delivery of King Air B200 Vh-fdg Msn Bb-2012, With the Aircraft Noted Ferrying From Denpasar to Broome on July 22.

Cessna 208bs Vh-nqc Msn 208b-2131 and Vh‑nqd Msn 208b-2139, Which Are on Order for the Rfds/queensland, Are Planned for Delivery to Maroochydore in October.

Bizjet News

in This Period We Report the Delivery of a Citation Sovereign and a Citation Mustang, While a Citation X Was Due to Have Been Delivered by the Time This is Read.

Leaving Our Region Were a Citation Vii and a Citation 550.

Cessna 680 Sovereign N121tl Msn 680-0058 Was Delivered to Pacific Jets in Auckland on August 12 After Completing Its Ferry Flight From Wichita via Oakland, Kahului and Pago Pago.

Cessna 510 Mustang Vh-ejt Was Delivered to Maxem Aviation in Perth on July 27 After Completing Its Delivery Flight From Wichita via Jakarta/halim, Denpasar and Port Hedland.

Cessna 510 Mustang Zk-pga Was Registered to New Zealand Jet Charters of Auckland on July 20. Earlier on July 14, Then Registered Vh-sjp, It Ferried Into Wellington From Sydney/bankstown and Norfolk Island.

Citation X Vh-rca Msn 750-0012 Was Planned for Delivery to Christie Aviation of Wangi Wangi, Nsw, in Early September as a Replacement for Its Previously Operated Citation Vii Vh-vrc. This Citation X is No Stranger to Australia as in November ’08, Then Registered N712vp, It Operated a Demonstration Tour of the Country.

Christie Aviation Citation Vii Vh-vrc Has Been Sold in the United States and on August 24 Departed Sydney for Wichita via Mount Isa, Darwin and Manila.

Citation 550 M-aggy Ex Vh-vlz Finally Departed Maroochydore for Mount Isa, Darwin and Denpasar on August 18 on Delivery to Its New Owner.

Citation Encore Vh-vpl Operated by Twentieth Super Pace Nominees of Southport Changed Its Registration to Vh-vrl on August 25.

Learjet 45 Vh-cxj Changed Its Operator to Careflight (Queensland) Pl of Robina Town Centre on July 22.

Embraer Legacy 600 Pt-tkd Operated a Demonstration Tour of Australia and New Zealand in August. It Arrived in Perth From Singapore on August 15 Before Continuing to Adelaide, Melbourne/essendon, Auckland, Taupo, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane and Darwin From Where It Departed for Manila on August 29.

Cessna 560 Ultra N596vp, Which is Fitted With a Lifeport Stretcher System, Was Planned to Commence a Demonstration Tour of Australia and New Zealand in Early September.

The Rnzaf Has Purchased Four Mu-2b-20s Which Will Be Used by the Ground Training Wing at Woodbourne.

Mu-2b-20 N107sb, Which Was Registered to Flight Director of Austin, Texas, Was the First to Be Delivered to Woodbourne on August 11 When It Completed Its Ferry Flight From the United States via Denpasar, Broome, Alice Springs, Sydney and Wellington.

Mu-2b-20 N12ra in Company With Mu-2b-20 N720jk and Mu-2b-20 N755q Followed Over the Same Route, Arriving at Woodbourne on August 24.

Overseas Bizjets

Global 5000 N1990c Operated by Voyage International of Bermuda Arrived in Sydney From Denpasar on July 20 Before Departing to Perth on July 22. After Overnighting N1990c Departed Perth for Jakarta/halim.

Royal Malaysian Air Force Global Express M48-02 Arrived in Perth From Subang on August 5 and Departed for Kuala Lumpur as Rmf435 on August 9.

Challenger 604 Vp-cce Departed Sydney for Cairns and Hong Kong on July 20.

Citation Cj3 D-cwir Operated by the Wirten Group Arrived in Port Hedland From Halim on August 5 Before Continuing to Fortescue, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Alice Springs. It Departed Darwin for Bandar Seri Begawan on August 11.

Falcon 7x N55lc Registered to Lowes Companies of Mooresville, North Carolina, Arrived in Sydney From Kona on August 11 Before Departing to Honolulu on August 16. The 7x Returned to Sydney From Kona and Brisbane on August 23 Before Visiting Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

Falcon 900ex N585bp Registered to Beef Products of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, Arrived in Brisbane From Majuro on August 2 Before Continuing to Sydney on August 5.

Gulfstream 550 N1bn Registered to Gc Air of Danbury, Connecticut, Arrived at Hamilton Island From Kahului and Cairns on August 26.

Gulfstream 550 N91la Registered to Aviation Leasing of New York Arrived in Perthfrom Kahului and Cairns on August 25. On August 27 the Aircraft Operated a Round Trip Out of Perth to Port Hedland and Fortescue.

Gulfstream 550 N107vs Operated by Visa Usa Arrived in Sydney From Wellington on July 29 and Departed for Honolulu on July 31 as Bayjet 37.

Gulfstream 550 N661cp Registered to Wachovia Financial Services of Charlotte, North Carolina, Arrived in Perth From Hawaii and Cairns on August 15 and Departed to Canberra on August 17.

Gulfstream 550 N888hk Arrived in Brisbane From Hong Kong on August 6 and Was Noted in Sydney on August 8.

Gulfstream 550 Cs-dki Operated by Netjets Europe Arrived in Perth From Apia on August 23. Callsigned Nje132n, It Departed Perth for Kununurra, Darwin and Biak on August 25.

Gulfstream V N73m Registered to 3m Company of St Paul, Minnesota, Arrived in Sydney From Kahului on August 16 and Departed to Singapore on August 18.

Gulfstream V N83cw Registered to North Pacific Enterprises of Issaquah, Washington, Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 15 and After Overnighting Continued to Melbourne. N83cw Departed Melbourne for Honolulu on August 17.

Gulfstream V N235dx Registered to Ews of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Arrived on Hamilton Island From Honolulu and Townsville on July 19 and Departed for Brisbane and Auckland on July 23.

Gulfstream V N673p Registered to Gc Air of Danbury, Connecticut, Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 23.

Usaf Gulfstream V/c-37a 01-0029 Departed Sydney for Honolulu on August 8 as ‘spar 32’.

Usaf Gulfstream V/c-37a 01-0065 Callsign ‘spar 65’ Arrived in Canberra From Rockhampton on July 20.

Micron Leasing Gulfstream 450 Vp-bmv Arrived in Sydney From Surabaya on August 16 and Departed to Auckland on August 18.

Gulfstream Iv N888es Registered to C & S Aviation of Burbank, California, Arrived at Melbourne/essendon From Nadi on August 26.

Gulfstream Iv B-khk Operated by Metrojet of Hong Kong Arrived in Melbourne From Singapore on August 16 and Departed for Denpasar on August 21.

King Air A200 N11, Which is Registered to the Federal Aviation Administration at Oklahoma City, Was Noted at Darwin on August 21.

Ferry Flights

Pays Spraying Air Tractor 802 Vh-lim, Which Was Bound for Portugal for Firefighting Duties, Departed Port Hedland for Cocos Island and Colombo on August 17.

Slingair Cessna 208b Vh-ksa Arrived in Darwin From Kupang on August 8. The Aircraft Had Earlier Ferried From Darwin to Kupang on June 2.

Soundsair Cessna 208 Zk-tzr Departed Auckland for Norfolk Island, Noumea, Nadi and Pago Pago on July 25.

Cirrus Sr22 N240cp Registered to Cirrus Design of Duluth, Minnesota, Arrived at Brisbane/archerfield on July 25 After Ferrying in From Ujang Pandang, Kupang, Darwin and Mount Isa. On August 21 the Cirrus Was Registered Vh-tns to Tex Investments of Perth.

Mooney M20r Zk-vvb Departed Ardmore for Kerikeri and Lord Howe Island on August 5.

Mooney M20r Vh-okc, Which Was Registered to Australian Air Ferry of Kempsey on August 14, Ferried Into Broome From Jakarta/halim on August 29.

Pacific Aerospace Pac 750xl Zk-kak Arrived in Kerikeri on August 4 After Ferrying in From Kupang, Darwin, Tennant Creek, Moree, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Kiwi Air Pac 750xl Zk-swa Departed Perth/ Jandakot for Broome and Denpasar on August 12.

Kiwi Air Pac-750xl Zk-xla Arrived in Broome From Denpasar and Was Later Noted Ferrying Bourke-lord Howe Island-auckland on August 4.

Pac-750xl Zk-jjh, Which We Reported on in Traffic/july, Was on Delivery to Air Kasthamanap in Nepal to Whom It Was Later Registered 9n-aiz.

Pa-31-350 G-plac Arrived at the Gold Coast After Completing Its Ferry Flight From the Uk via Kupang, Darwin and Mount Isa. The Pa-31 Was Later Ferried South to Melbourne/ Moorabbin Where It Was to Be Placed on the Australian Register as Vh-vpm.

Pa-31t N178sg Departed Darwin for Kununurra on July 21 Before Continuing to Hamilton Island on July 26 and to Townsville and Cairns on August 1.

Socata Tb-10 Zk-mbr Has Been Sold in Malaysia and on August 1 Departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and Kempsey. It Was Later Noted at Darwin on August 11.

Big Prop News

Basler Bt-67 Zs-asn of Spectrem Aerial Surveys Arrived in Darwin on August 17 After Ferrying in From Calgary via Prince Rupert, Anchorage, Nome, Petropavlovsk, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Naha, Manila Andmanado. The Turbine Powered Dc-3, Which is the First of Its Type in the Country, Continued Its Ferry to Ayers Rock on August 27 and is Planned to Be Based There for a Few Months on Mineral Exploration.

Douglas Dc-3 A3-awp of Peau Vava’u Air, Which is Parked at Tongatapu Airport in Tonga, Was Noted Ground Running on August 18. Is It Reported That the Dc-3, Which Has Been Resident in Tonga Since June ’04, Will Be Ferried Back to New Zealand Where It Was Last Operated by Pionair as Zk-awp.

Pionair Australia Has Sold Convair 580s Vh-pal and Vh-pdv to Canadian Operator Comair Which Will Convert the Aircraft for Aerial Fire Fighting Duties. On July 31 Vh-pdv Departed Sydney/ Bankstown for Sydney, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Vancouver and Abbotsford/british Columbia.

Prior to Departure Most of the Seats Were Removed to Allow Bladder Tanks to Be Fitted for the Trans-pacific Ferry.

Vh-pal Was Planned to Follow Over the Same Route to Abbotsford in Early September.

Convair 580f Vh-pdx Operated a Mining Equipment Charter Into Port Moresby From Brisbane and Townsville on August 11. After Overnighting It Departed for Cairns and Bankstown.

The Oil and Gas Spill in the Timor Sea Has Provided Some Work for Pionair and Its Two Convair 580fs. On August 22 Vh-pdx Carried Dispersant Into Truscott From Bankstown via Brisbane, Mount Isa and Darwin Before It Returned South to Bankstown via Alice Springs on August 24. Vh-pdw Departed Bankstown on August 25 for Bourke, Mount Isa and Darwin (Arriving August 26), With the Aircraft Then Operating Several Flights to Truscott Carrying Oil Dispersant.

Heavy Metal

Garuda Introduced Its Newly Delivered A330-200 on the Jakarta to Melbourne and Jakarta to Sydney Routes in Early August. A330-243 Pk-gph, Which Carries the Attractive New Garuda Livery, Operated Ga712/713 Jakarta- Sydney-jakarta on August 2 and Ga716/717 Jakarta-melbourne- Jakarta on August 3.

Airasia Indonesia A320-216 Pk-axi Operated the Inaugural Denpasar-perth-denpasar Flight Qz8620/8621 on July 17.

Antonov Airlines an-124 Ur-82073, Which Was Using the Flight Number Adb164f, Arrived in Townsville From Singapore on August 2.

Antonov Airlines an-124 Ur-82007, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘asy 075’, Departed Townsville for Cairns and Darwin on August 12.

Volga-dnepr Antonov an-124 Ra-82043, Which Was Operating as Flight Vda1752, Arrived in Newcastle From Honolulu on August 25. After Overnighting the Antonov Departed for Manila as Flight Vda1753.

Moscow Based Airbridge Cargo 747-46nf Vp-bik, Which Was Operating as Flight Abw4631, Arrived in Melbourne From Emel’yanovo, Russia, on July 29 and Later the Same Day Departed as Flight Abw4632 to Hong Kong.

Airbridge Cargo 747-4haf Vp-bim Arrived in Melbourne on August 4 After a Direct Flight From Moscow/sheremetyevo as Flight Abw4631. It Departed Melbourne as Flight Abw4634 Later the Same Day for Hong Kong, Reportedly With a Load of Cattle.

Airbridge Cargo 747-46nf Vp-big Arrived in Brisbane From Dubai on August 24 Where It Unloaded Three Bell Helicopters.

On August 25 Vp-big Departed Brisbane for Melbourne as Flight Abw4635 and After Overnighting Continued to Hong Kong as Flight Abw4636.

Tnt Airways 747-4haf Oo-thb, Which Was Operating as Flight Tay001, Arrived in Darwin From Singapore on August 20 and After Overnighting Departed for Shanghai/pudong, Again as Flight Tay001.

British Global 747-212f G‑mkka, Which Was Operating as Flight Bgb603, Arrived in Melbourne in the Early Hours of August 21 After a Direct Flight From Nairobi. The Aircraft, Which is Painted All White, Departed Later in the Day as Flight Bgb604 to Darwin.

Omega Air 707-368c N707mq, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘omega 71’, Arrived in Cairns From Honolulu on August 18 and Departed for Newcastle on August 20. It Departed Raaf Amberley for Guam on August 21.

Royal Air Force C-130k Xv196, Which Was Operating as ‘ascot 4202’, Arrived in Perth From Paya Lebar on July 20 and After Overnighting Departed for Woomera, Canberra and Sydney.

As ‘ascot 4203’ It Departed Sydney for Darwin on July 24.

Safair L-382g Zs-ora, Which Carries ‘oil Spill Response’ Titles, Arrived in Darwin From Singapore on August 22.

It Came to Australia to Spray the Oil Leak From the West Triton Drilling Rig Off the Kimberley Coast.

Omni Air International Dc-10-30 N810ax, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘omni 640’, Departed Rockhampton for Brisbane and Honolulu on July 27.

Iris Air Dc-8-62 9g-aed Team Spirit Arrived in Melbourne From Hong Kongon July 27 Operating as Flight Ace716p. The Dc-8 Remained in Melbourne Until August 4 When It Departed for Perth and Mauritius as Flight Ace803.

Usa 2009

in Late July Your Columnist Attended the Eaa Airventure at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and While Travelling Across the Us I Noted a Number of Aircraft Which Had a Connection to Our Part of the World.

Noted at Kingman, Arizona, on July 18 Was Saab 340b N340rc Which Carried the Full Colours and Titles of Macair. The Saab Was Evidently Being Prepared for Delivery to Macair When the Airline Ceased Operations and Had Recently Been Ferried to Kingman From Abilene, Texas.

The Following Day I Visited the Airliner Storage Facility at Roswell, New Mexico, and There Noted the Former 747-419 Zk-nbs of Air New Zealand Being Parted Out.

Dc-3tp Zs-ojj of Dodson International, Which Spent a Couple of Years Parked at Goulburn, Nsw, Was Resident at Ottawa, Kansas, When I Visited on July 22.

Noted Under Maintenance in the Air Cargo Carriers Hangar at Milwaukee on July 24 Was Short 360 N368ac Which Had Previously Operated With Sunstate Airlines as Vh-bwo.

Noted at Oshkosh Between July 25 and August 1 Were the Following: Kodiak N498kq of Jaars, Which Was Displayed on the ‘fly for Life’ Stand, Was Planned for Delivery to Png in Late August.

There the Aircraft Will Be Placed on the Local Register and Operated by Sil Aviation of Alyura.

Kodiak N58nh of Mission Aviation Fellowship Was Also on Display and After Oshkosh It Was Planned for Delivery to the Maf Base at Sentani in West Papua.

Pacific Aerospace Pac 750xl Zk-jzl, Which Was Marked as a ‘p750xstol’, Was in the Display Area and After Oshkosh It Commenced a Demonstration Tour of the Americas.

Pac 750xl N141dz, Which is Operated by Sky Knights Skydiving Out of East Troy, Wisconsin, Was Noted Giving Demonstration Flights From Fond Du Lac Before It Moved Up to Oshkosh.

Seeker Sb7l-360a N94399 of Seabird Aviation America Was on Display, as Was Gippsland Aeronautics Airvan N470cp of the Civil Air Patrol, While Airvan N686ga Spent the Week in the Camping Area. Also in the Camping Area Was Angel N1012q Which Had the Titles ‘cape Air Transport, Torres Strait’ on Its Tail.

Erickson Air-crane S-64f N179ac Elvis, Which Spends Its Summer at Essendon on Firefighting Duties, Took Part in Both the Static and Flying Display.

Comper Swift Vh-acg and Klemm Vh-uur, Which Are Owned by Rob Fox, Were Shipped to Oshkosh From Bankstown to Take Part in Airventure.

Heading South and West From Oshkosh I Stopped at Mena, Arkansas, on August 4 and There Found Jetstream 41 N153km in Storage. The Jetstream, Which Has Its Engines Removed, Still Carries the Colours of Origin Pacific, Where It Operated as Zk-jsn.

Noted in the Hamilton Aviation Yard at Tucson, Arizona, on August 9 Was 737-33a N166aw Which Carried the Colours of Us Air. N166aw Operated With Ansett From September 18 1989 to March 3 1990 During the Pilots’ Dispute.

Us Navy Convair C-131f 141025, Which is Being Prepared for Delivery to Hars, Was Noted at the Pima Museum on August 10, as Was Lockheed Ec-121h N51006 Which Carried an Australian Flag on Its Tail. The Ec-121h is Being Used by Hars as a Spares Source to Support C-121c Vh-eag Connie.

727-277f Vh-vlh, Which Was Last Registered to Heavylift Cargo, Was Parked at San Bernadino, California, When I Visited on August 11. Another Resident Was the All White 767-238er Which Carried No Registration. However, Its Manufacturer’s Serial Number Was Stencilled on the Rear Fuselage and This Indentified It as the Former Vh-eao of Qantas.