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Air Niugini Took Delivery of 767-341er P2-pxv Msn 30341 in Port Moresby on July 26 After the Aircraft Ferried in Direct From Abu Dhabi as Flight Px6397. P2-pxv Carries the New Air Niugini Colour Scheme and Entered Service on July 28 When It Operated Flight Px54 From Port Moresby to Narita.

P2-pxv’s First Visit to Australia Was on August 3 When It Operated Flight Px003 From Port Moresby to Brisbane.

Dash 8-q402 P2-pxu Ferried Into Cairns From Kamchatka- Petropavlovsk-sendai- Naha-manila and Biak on July 19 Before Continuing to Port Moresby on July 21.

Sistership Dash 8-q402 C‑gniu Msn 4329, the Second of Type on Order for Air Niugini, Was Planned for Delivery in September.

Alliance Airlines Placed Fokker 100 Vh-xwn Into Service on August 23 When the Aircraft Operated Flight Qq621 From Brisbane to Townsville.

The Following Morning Vh-xwn Operated Flight Qq821/822 From Townsville to the Century Mine and Return.

Cobham Took Delivery of Bae 146-300/rj100 G-bzau Msn E3328 at Adelaide on August 7 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Halim and Broome.

The Rj100 Was Later Registered Vh-njq to Cobham/national Jet Express on August 17.

Bae 146-300/rj100 G-bzav Msn E3331 Was Delivered to Cobham in Adelaide From Halim and Broome on August 31.

Riau Airlines Bae 146-300/ Rj100 Pk-ray Ferried Into Adelaide From Jakarta and Port Hedland on August 10 on Delivery to National Jet Express.

Riau Airlines Bae 146-300/ Rj100 Pk-raz, Which Ferried Into Adelaide on June 11 Reportedly for Storage, Was Registered Vh-nbk to National Jet Express on August 3.

Skytraders A319-115cj Vh-vhd Departed Sydney for Cairns and Narita on August 28 at the Start of an 18 Day Captain’s Choice Tour Which Took the Aircraft to the Ukraine, Oman, Ethiopia, Tanzania and the Seychelles.

Strategic Airlines Commenced a Weekly Service on the Brisbane-port Hedland-denpasar- Port Hedland-brisbane Route Effective August 3 With A320-212 Vh-yqc Operating the Inaugural Flight.

Tasman Cargo Airlines Has Leased 757-236sf G‑bmrj From Dhl Air With the Aircraft Arriving in Auckland From Singapore and Sydney on August 31. The 757 Entered Service With Tasman Cargo on September 1 When It Operated Flight Hj1 From Auckland to Sydney.

The 757 Replaces 727‑2j4f Vh-dhe, Which Tasman Cargo Withdrew From Service in Auckland on September 1 After It Operated Flight Tmn002/31 From Sydney. After Some 46 Years This Saw the End of 727 Operations in Our Region. Refer Feature Story P30 This Issue for More.

Virgin Blue Took Delivery of 737-8fe Vh‑bzg Brett’s Jet in Brisbane on August 1 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight Dj9080 From Seattle/ Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi. On August 6 Vh-bzg Ferried From Brisbane to Melbourne as Flight Dj9060 Before Entering Service on August 7 as Flight Dj813 From Melbourne to Sydney.

737-8fe Vh-vux, Which Was Registered to Virgin Blue on August 3, Was Planned for Delivery to Brisbane in Late September.

Virgin Blue Has Leased Two 737-800s From Dubai Aerospace Enterprises With 737-8kg Vh-vuw Msn 39449 Planned for Delivery in Mid September and 737-8kg Vh‑vuy Msn 39450 Planned for Delivery in Mid December.

Virgin Blue Has Reportedly Terminated Its Lease on 737-7bx Vh-vbq With the Aircraft to Be Withdrawn From Service in Mid September, While 737-7bx Vh-vbr Will Be Withdrawn From Service in Mid October.

Virgin Blue Commenced a Daily Service From Sydney to Ayers Rock on August 3 With the Inaugural Dj1627 Being Operated by 737-8fe Vh-vul.

Qantas Group News

Qantas Cancelled 767‑338er Vh-oga From the Register on August 6 as ‘sold in the Usa’, and on August 13 the 767 – Which Has Been Parked at Victorville, California, Since November 24 ’09 – Was Registered N316cm to Cargo Aircraft Management of Orlando, Florida. It is Expected That 767-338ers Vh-ogc and Vh-ogd, Which Are Also Parked at Victorville, Will Follow Vh-oga Onto the Us Register.

Jetstar, Which Had Taken Delivery of A320-232 Vh-vgo in Melbourne on July 4, Ferried the Aircraft to Sydney as Flight Jq7984 on July 15. Vh-vgo Entered Service With Jetstar on July 17 When It Operated Jq762 From Sydney to Adelaide.

A320-232 Vh-vgn Msn 4434 Was Planned for Delivery to Jetstar in Melbourne on October 2 With A320-232 Vh-vgj Msn 4460 Following Into Melbourne on October 21.

A320-232 Vh-vgi Msn 4466 is Planned for Delivery to Jetstar in Melbourne in Late October.

A320-232 Vh-vgp Was Rolled Out at Newcastle in Late August Wearing a Decal Colour Scheme Promoting the ‘sunsets’ Farewell Tour of Australian Rock Band Powderfinger.

Jetstar Asia Was Planning to Take Delivery of A320-232 9v-jsi Msn 4443 in Singapore on October 12.

Regional Airline News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an Atr 72 to Airlines Png, Two Atr 42s to Flightline Services and a Dash 8-100 to Skytrans.

Airlines Png Took Delivery of Atr 72-212 9m-taq Msn 0875 at Cairns on August 11 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Denpasar and Darwin.

The Atr Has Been Leased From Berjaya Air – Whose Titles It Carries – and is Being Operated on Resource Charter Flights Between Cairns and Lihir Island.

On August 12 the Atr Operated From Cairns to Kunaye on Lihir Island and Return as Flight Tok4701/4700.

Dash 8-102 P2-mck, Which Has Been Operating in Australia With Skytrans as Vh-qqd, Was Planned to Rejoin the Airlines Png Fleet in September.

Cairns Based Flightline Services (Part of the Regional Aviation Group) Has Purchased Two Atr 42-320s From Trans Maldivian Airways.

Atr 42‑320 Vh-flh Msn 096 Was Registered to Flightline on July 30 and Was the First to Be Delivered to Cairns, Arriving There on August 10 From Male, Cocos Island and Broome.

Atr 42‑320 Vh‑fle Msn 194 Was Delivered to Cairns on August 18, Ferrying in From Male via Cocos and Broome.

Both Vh-fle and Vh-flh, Which Were Delivered in the Basic Livery of Trans Maldivian, Are Planned to Operate on Resource Charter Flights.

The Queensland Police Service Placed Bn-2b-20 Vh‑psx Msn 2309 on the Register on July 23.

Rfds/central Operations Took Delivery of Pc-12/47e Vh‑fvd in Adelaide on July 28.

Pc-12 Vh-fmc, Which Was Cancelled From the Register on August 13, Has Been Sold in the Us, and on August 14 Was Noted at Adelaide Now Registered N109u. On August 25 the Pc-12 Departed Adelaide for Alice Springs and Darwin on Delivery to Priority Air Charter of Kidron, Ohio.

Skytrans Took Delivery of Dash 8-102 N825ex at Cairns on August 8 After the Aircraft Completed Its Trans-pacific Crossing From Concord, California, via Honolulu and Majuro.

The Dash 8 Was Registered Vh-qql on August 20.

Dash 8-102 N717av, Which Was Delivered to Skytrans in Cairns on June 27, Was Registered Vh-qqi on July 13.

Vincent Aviation Beech 1900d Zk-vab Was Placed on the Australian Register as Vh‑vaq on August 28.

Former Macair Saab 340bs Vh-uya and Vh-uyn Will Join the Vincent Aviation Fleet.

The Two Aircraft, Which Have Been Stored in Townsville Since Macair Ceased Operations in February ’09, Will Initially Be Ferried to Wellington Where They Will Be Registered in New Zealand Before Their Entry Into Service With Vincent Aviation.

Jetstream 31 Zk-jsh Returned to Nelson on August 6 After Completing Six Weeks Work for Airways New Zealand in South Korea. Inbound to Nelson the Jetstream 31 Called at Darwin, Mount Isa, Brisbane, Norfolk Island and Wellington.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery Two Citation Ultras and a Phenom 100, While Departing Were a Global Express and a Beechjet 400a.

Citation Ultra Vh-sjp, Which Was Registered to Aeromil Pacific on July 12, Was Delivered to Maroochydore on July 22, Ferrying in From Biak via Darwin, Rockhampton and Brisbane. Citation Ultra Vh-wfe, Which Was Registered to Mitchell Air P/l of South Melbourne on January 22, Was Delivered to Essendon From Darwin on July 31.

Phenom 100 N200xt Msn 50000029, Which is Registered to Columbia Asset Trust Corporation of Wichita, Has Been Delivered to Australia.

The Phenom is the First of Its Type in the Country and Arrived at Bankstown From Denpasar, Darwin and Mount Isa on August 12.

Global Express Vh-zxh, Which Was Registered to the Warburton Group of Cottesloe, Wa, Has Been Sold Overseas. In What Was a Very Short Stay in Australia the Global Express Was Delivered to Perth on May 30 as N38zz Before Being Registered Vh-zxh on June 2. Vh-zxh Made Its Final Departure From Perth on July 8 When It Flew Direct to Honolulu and Then Being Cancelled From the Register on July 21 as ‘exported to the Cayman Islands’.

On July 14 the Aircraft Arrived at Farnborough, Uk, Where Its Registration Was Later Changed to Vp-ckr Before It Was Delivered to Moscow/vnukovo on July 23.

With the Sale of Vh-zxh the Warburton Group Appears to Be Currently Operating on Loan Global Express N900lf, Which is Registered to Global Flight of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. N900lf Arrived in Perth From Male on August 1 and Was Still Working Out of Perth at the End of August.

Tinkler Group Aviation P/l Has Sold Beechjet 400a Vh-ntx in the Us, With the Aircraft Being Removed From the Register on July 20 and the Following Day Placed on the Us Register as N584sc to Southern Cross Aircraft of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On August 30 the Beechjet Departed Sydney for Brisbane and Cairns and After Overnighting Continued to Jayapura.

Citation I Vh-vpm Was Registered to Twentieth Super Pace Nominees P/l of Southport, Queensland, on July 14.

Earlier on July 1 the Citation Was Delivered to Moorabbin as N528rm.

Holypeak P/l of Melbourne Changed the Registration of Challenger 604 Vh-zzh to Vh-vlc on July 19.

Hawker 900xp N964xp, Which is Registered to Seacap Leasing Associates of Dover, Delaware, Has Been Demonstrated in Australia by Hawker Pacific. The Aircraft Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu, Majuro and Cairns on August 11 and Was Later Seen at Adelaide, Brisbane, Essendon, Perth and Rockhampton.

King Air C90gti Zk‑mmm, Which Was Registered to Woodlands Services of Nelson, Arrived in Auckland on July 22 From Halim, Broome, Alice Springs and Sydney.

Piaggio Avanti Pk-bvx Arrived at Jandakot on August 13 From Halim and Broome, Where It Was Still in Residence at the End of That Month.

Pilatus Pc-12/47e N812gs Was Demonstrated in Australia Recently. The Aircraft is Registered to Flir Systems Aviation of Wilsonville, Oregon, and Arrived in Brisbane From Midway, Kwajalein and Honiara on July 30, and Over the Following Month Was Noted at a Number of Australian Airfields Both Civil and Military.

Gulfstreams Galore

Gulfstream 550 N661cp Operated by Conoco Phillips of Houston Arrived in Sydney From Kahului on August 7. It Then Visited Brisbane and Perth Before Departing Darwin for Halim on August 12.

Gulfstream 550 N662cp Registered to Conoco Phillips Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 10 Before Departing Later That Day to Beijing.

Gulfstream 550 N860aa Registered to Ala Services of Naples, Florida, Arrived in Sydney From Denpasar on July 18. It Later Visited Canberra and Essendon Before Departing Sydney for Honolulu on July 22.

Gulfstream 550 N3050 Registered to Gc Air of Danbury, Connecticut, Arrived in Newcastle From Honolulu on August 2. It Was Later Seen in Mackay Before Departing Brisbane for Honolulu on August 5. N3050 Returned to Brisbane From Honolulu on August 24 and Later Visited Sydney Before Departing Perth for Honolulu on August 26.

Gulfstream 550 N94924 Registered to 94924 Llc of Medford, Oregon, Arrived in Sydney From Brisbane on July 28.

Deer Jet Gulfstream 550 B-8108, Which Was Operating as Flight Cbj886, Arrived in Sydney From Mauritius on July 27 and Departed Sydney for Beijing on August 1.

Usaf Gulfstream 550/c‑37b 09-0525, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘sam 7585’, Arrived in Sydney From Guam on July 21 and Departed for Wellington on July 23.

Gulfstream V N73m Registered to the 3m Company of St Paul, Minnesota, Arrived at Essendon on August 28.

Gulfstream V N516qs Registered to Gores Group of Oklahoma City Arrived in Sydney From Kahului on July 25.

Gulfstream V N521hn Operated by Aviation Concepts of Guam Arrived in Sydney From Hong Kong on August 25. Gulfstream V N914j Registered to Metromedia of New York Was Noted at Sydney on July 26.

Deer Jet Gulfstream V B-8092, Which Was Operating as Flight Cbj801, Arrived in Sydney From Hainan on July 27. It Remained in Sydney Until August 1 When It Departed for Ayers Rock, Darwin and Hainan.

Usaf Gulfstream V/c‑37a 01-0020, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘spar 34’, Arrived in Sydney From Pago Pago on August 21 Before Continuing to Canberra on August 23. The C-37a Departed Canberra for Kwajalein on August 25.

Gulfstream 450 B-lck Operated by Prime Century Worldwide of Hong Kong Arrived in Brisbane From Hong Kong on August 17. The Following Day It Departed for Mount Isa and Darwin Before Returning to Hong Kong on August 19.

Gulfstream 450 Vp-ckd Arrived in Brisbane From Seletar on August 23 and After Overnighting Departed for Townsville.

It Departed Townsville for Seletar on August 25.

Gulfstream Iv N918cc Registered to Astor Street Asset Management of Chicago Arrived in Darwin From Majuro on August 22 and Was Later Seen at Cairns, Avalon, Melbourne, Adelaide and Ayers Rock.

Overseas Bizjets

Global Express N70ps Registered to the American International Group of Teterboro, New Jersey, Arrived at Essendon From Seletar on August 22 and After Overnighting Continued to Sydney. It Departed Sydney for Auckland on August 24.

Global Express N393bz Registered to Iac Falcon Holdings of Teterboro, New Jersey, Transited Cairns in the Early Hours of August 9 While en Route Papeete to Kuala Lumpur.

Later the Same Day It Again Transited Cairns While en Route Kuala Lumpur to Papeete.

Global Express N700ks Registered to Global Enterprises of Los Angeles Arrived in Sydney From Singapore on July 30 Operating as Ejm700. Later the Same Day It Departed for Papeete.

Global Express N902mm Registered to Mp Air of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on August 15. It Departed for Darwin and Hyderabad on August 18.

Tag Aviation Usa Global Express Vp-bdu Arrived in Sydney From Taipei on July 24 and After Overnighting Departed for Singapore.

Global Express Vp-cny Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar on August 8 and After Overnighting Departed to Singapore.

Global 5000 N388rf Registered to Ivanhoe Aviation Holdings of Washington Dc Arrived in Sydney From Singapore, Darwin and Cloncurry on July 28 and Continued to Essendon on July 29. It Departed Essendon for Kalgoorlie on August 3 and After Overnighting Continued to Perth and Singapore.

Karnavati Aviation Challenger 605 Vt-apl Arrived in Mackay From Halim and Townsville on July 24. It Departed to Brisbane on July 26 and to Denpasar on July 28.

Challenger 604 N876h Arrived in Perth on August 15 Before Continuing to Essendon on August 16. It Then Moved to Sydney on August 18 and Remained There Until August 23 and Departed for Halim.

Challenger 601/3a N939cc Registered to Dci Consultants of San Francisco Arrived at Essendon From Wellington on August 25. Using the Callsign ‘twilight 939’, It Departed Essendon for Perth on August 26 and Perth for Phuket on August 27.

San Miguel Corporation Challenger 300 Rp-c8215 Arrived in Sydney From Manila and Darwin on August 15, and After Overnighting Departed for Darwin and Manila.

Challenger 300 Xa-jgt Arrived in Sydney From Rotorua on August 25 and Remained There Until August 28 When It Departed for Denpasar.

Chiron Flight Services Learjet 35a Hs-cfs Operated a Medevac Flight on August 8 From Denpasar to Perth and Return.

Cessna 650 Pk-rso Arrived in Darwin From Dili on August 27.

Emb-135bj Legacy 600 Pp‑vvv Arrived in Brisbane From Nadi on August 29 and Continued to Sydney the Following Day.

Falcon 900ex F-gxhg Arrived in Perth From Seletar on August 18 and Departed to Bangkok on August 20.

Bechtel Corporation Falcon 900 N950sf, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘sequoia 2’, Arrived in Brisbane From Nadi on August 3. The Falcon Was Later Noted at Essendon, Perth and Busselton Before It Departed Brisbane for Nadi on August 12.

Long Tail Aviation Falcon 900 Vp-bmb Arrived in Sydney From Queenstown and Canberra on July 21. Falcon 7x Hb-jsn Operated by Dasnair of Geneva Arrived in Sydney From Bangkok on August 17 and After Overnighting Continued to Honolulu.

Falcon 2000ex N168am Operated by Chailease Finance Arrived in Sydney From Davao on August 5. It Was Later Noted in Brisbane Before Departing Cairns for Taipei, Taiwan, on August 10.

Hawker 800xp Vt-ran Arrived in Perth From Singapore and Darwin on July 20.

Galaxy N889mr Registered to Majestic Equipment Services of Los Angeles Arrived in Cairns From Wewak on July 29.

Ferry Flights

Conair Aviation at-802 C-fzsf Arrived in Ballarat on June 23 After Completing Its Trans-pacific Ferry Flight From Santa Maria, California, via Hilo, Christmas Island, Nadi and Brisbane.

Baron 58 N1860l Arrived at Bankstown on August 9 After Ferrying in From Denpasar, Broome, Alice Springs and Broken Hill.

Beech A36 N129bm Was Removed From a Container at the Gold Coast on July 21.

Beech A36 N946aj, Which Was Ferried by Clamback and Hennesey, Arrived at Bankstown on August 28 After Ferrying in From Hilo, Christmas Island, Pago Pago, Noumea/magenta and the Gold Coast.

Bell 429 N10984 Was Demonstrated to Interested Parties in Australia in August. It Was Air Freighted Into Sydney From Japan in Late July and Commenced Its Tour on August 2.

N10984 Visited Bankstown, Canberra, Nowra, Adelaide and Melbourne Before the Tour Finished at Bankstown on August 21, and There It Was Prepared for Air Freighting Out of Sydney to Hong Kong.

Cessna 414a Vh-zdf, Which Was Registered to a Private Owner at Surrey Hills, Victoria, on May 10, Was Delivered to Moorabbin on July 30. The Cessna Carried Both Its Australian Registration and Its Previous Us Registration N2690n When It Ferried Into Moorabbin From Hilo via Tarawa, Cairns, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Kempsey.

Cirrus Sr22/g2 N128tl in Company With Sr22/g3 N923gg Arrived at the Gold Coast on August 20 After Ferrying in From Tracy, California, via Hilo, Pago Pago and Noumea/ Magenta. N923gg Later Continued South to Moorabbin.

Pacific Rim Air Services Bk117b P2-pra Departed Cairns for Coen on August 18.

Pacific Aerospace Pac 750xl Zk-kar Msn 164, Which Was on Delivery to an Operator in Mexico, Departed Auckland for Pago Pago on August 23 and After Overnighting Continued to Honolulu.

Bn-2b-20 Vh-zzt, Which Was on Delivery to a Malaysian Operator, Departed Ayers Rock for Broome on August 2.

New Zealand Aerial Mapping Pa-23-250 Zk-fmu Departed Kerikeri for Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island on August 7. It Was Later Cancelled From the New Zealand Register on August 17 as ‘exported’.

Pa-24-250 Zk-baz Departed Taupo for Kerikeri and Norfolk Island on August 17 and After Overnighting Continued to Lord Howe Island and Coffs Harbour. It Was Noted Flying From Mackay to Cairns on August 25.

Pa-32r-301t Vh-aqm Departed Port Macquarie for Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and Auckland on August 24.

Tecnam P-2006t Zk‑ttw Msn 020 Departed Auckland for Norfolk Island on August 22 Before Continuing the Following Day to the Gold Coast to Commence a Demonstration Tour of Australia.

(This Aircraft Will Be Airtested in the Next Issue of Aa) Vans Rv-10 Zk-rvt Arrived at the Gold Coast Direct From Auckland on August 9.

Heavy Metal

Republic Francais A310-304 F-radc, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘cotam 1019’, Transited Cairns on August 10 While en Route From Kuala Lumpur to Noumea.

Tnt Airways 747-4haerf Oo-tha, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘quality 818’, Arrived in Perth From Singapore on August 3. The 747, Which is Named Peter Abeles, Had Onboard a Cargo of Mining Equipment. Later in the Day It Departed as ‘quality 818p’ for Hong Kong.

Jasdf 747-47c 20-1101 Arrived in Adelaide From Chitose on July 22 and After Overnighting Departed for Ujung Pandang.

Kalitta Air 747-221f N747ck, Which Was Operating as Flight Cks228, Arrived in Adelaide From Singapore on July 21, and After Unloading Departed for Hong Kong.

Usaf/afmc Kc-135r 63-7980, Which is Based at Edwards Afb, Arrived in Sydney on August 14 After a Direct Flight From Scott Afb, Illinois, Understood to Be Carmaintenancerying Usaf Chief of Staff Gen Norton a Schwartz. After Overnighting the Kc-135r, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘trout 99’, Departed for Canberra Where Gen Schwartz Took Part in the the Air Force Four Party Dialogue, Before Departing for Guam on August 17.

737-7bc/bbj N7600k, Which is Operated by the Sas Institute of Cary, North Carolina, Arrived in Sydney From Hong Kong on August 11 and Departed for Honolulu on August 13.

Samsung Techwin Aviation 737-7eg/bbj Hl7759 Arrived in Sydney From Singapore on August 10.

Avenair Bermuda 737‑7bc/ Bbj Vp-bjj Arrived in Christchurch From Halim on August 15 for Planned Maintenance With Altitude Aerospace.

Pelita Air Service Dash 7-103c Pk-psw Arrived in Cairns From Kupang, Darwin and Mount Isa on August 27 for Planned Maintenance With Hawker Pacific.

Lynden Air Cargo L-382 N406lc, Which Was Operating as Flight Lyc845, Arrived in Brisbane From Nadzab on August 17. After Overnighting It Departed for Noumea, Again as Lyc845, Before Returning to Nadzab as Lyc845a.

Us Marines Kc-130t 165353 From Vmgr-452 Squadron Arrived in Sydney From Pago Pago on August 15. The Kc-130t, Which Was Using the Callsign ‘yankee 99’, Departed Sydney for Avalon on August 16 Before Continuing to Darwin on August 17.

It Remained in Darwin Until August 19 When It Departed for Saipan.

Usa 2010

This Year Celebrations to Recognise the 75th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Douglas Dc-3 Were the Highlight of Your Columnist’s Annual Trip to the United States, Which Took Me to Rock Falls in Northern Illinois and Then Later the Eaa Airventure 2010 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I Visted a Number of Other Airfields on My Travels, and Below is a Listing of Aircraft I Noted Which Have Had a Connection With Our Part of the World.

On July 18 I Stopped at Camarillo, California, and There Found Convair 240 N396cg.

This Aircraft, Which Was Delivered to Trans Australia Airlines in October 1948 as Vh-tas, Has Been Parked at Camarillo for a Number of Years. However, on My Arrival I Found That It Was Being Dismantled for Road Transport to a Museum in Kansas City. To My Knowledge Vh-tas is the Last Survivor of the Five Convair 240s Taa Purchased.

Two Days Later I Visited Mojave and in the Flight Research Hangar I Noted Its Ga-8 Airvan N215av. Later That Day at Victorville I Noted Qantas 767‑338ers Vh‑oga, Vh‑ogc and Vh-ogd, Along With 747-4h6s Vh‑oec and Vh‑oed and 747-438 Vh-ojk. All Aircraft Were in Storage With the 767s Having All Qantas Titles and Logos Including Their Registrations Removed. The 747-400s Also Had All Qantas Titles and Logos Removed, but They Retained Their Registrations.

Noted at San Bernadino Was 727-277f Vh-vlh, Which Was Last Operated by Heavylift Cargo Airlines and is the Former Ansett Vh-anb. The 727, Which Was Cancelled From the Australian Register in June ’09 When Sold as N727hl, Was Still Carrying Its Australian Registration.

I Then Flew to Chicago/ O’hare and on My First Evening in the Mid West I Stopped at Hinckley, Illinois, Where I Found Pac 750xl N902st of the Chicagoland Skydiving Center Busy Hauling Skydivers.

I Then Headed to Rock Falls Where ‘the Last Time’ Group Had Organised a Fly-in of Dc‑3/c-47 Aircraft, and There I Spent a Very Pleasant Five Days While a Total of 26 Dc-3s and One Dc-2 Flew in From All Over the Us and Canada for the Event. Among Those Was Dc-3 N1xp, an Aircraft Which Spent Time in Australia During Ww2 With the Us 5th Air Force, and While Operating in the Region It Carried the Callsigns Vhcdr and Vhcfv.

Most of the Douglas Aircraft at Rock Falls Then Flew North to Oshkosh to Swell the Dc-3 Numbers There to 58. Among the Dc-3s at Oshkosh Was the Cavanaugh Air Museum Dc-3 N33vw Which is Painted in Usaaf Colours as 320401. This Dc-3 Operated in Australia Just After Ww2 and Was Registered Vh-bhc to Silver City Airways of Broken Hill.

In the Trade Exhibit Area Gippsaero Had on Display Ga-8 Airvans N470cp of the Civil Air Patrol and N686ga, While Pacific Aerospace Had on Display P‑750 Xstol Zk‑kak.

Later at East Troy, Wisconsin, I Noted Pac 750xl N750sd, Which Was Hauling Skydivers for Sky Knights of Wisconsin.

On Returning to California I Visited the Air Attack Base at Lancaster, and Parked on the Ramp Was Erickson Air Crane S-64f N178ac/746 Isabelle Which Spent Last Summer at Bankstown. On My Final Day in the Us at Van Nuys Airfield in the San Fernando Valley I Noted Erickson Air Crane S-64f N179ac/739 Elvis Was Working for the Los Angeles City Fire Department.