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747-438er Vh-oei Operated a Sightseeing Flight Ex Sydney to the Antarctic on February 12 as Qf2901.

747-438 Vh-ojt Ferried Out of Sydney to Guangzhou as Qf6021 on February 11 and While There the Aircraft Was Painted in the New Qantas Scheme. It Returned to Sydney From Guangzhou on March 1 as Qf6022.

767-338er Vh-oge, Which Was Withdrawn From Service on January 21 (Traffic/ March), Has Been Sold to Cargo Aircraft Management of or-lando, Florida. Vh-oge Had Its Qantas Titles and Kangaroo Removed and Was Registered N364cm Before Departing Sydney on February 11 to Honolulu and Wilmington, Ohio as Flight Atn364.

Vh-oge City of Orange Was Originally Delivered to Qantas in Sydney on September 7 ’89 After Ferrying in From Seattle via Honolulu as Qf7635.

737-838 Vh-vzx Day-lesford, Which Was Delivered to Melbourne on February 4 (Traffic/march), Entered Service on February 8 When It Operated Qf404 From Melbourne to Sydney.

737-838 Vh-vzy Temora Was Delivered to Melbourne on March 3 After Ferrying in From Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as Qf6024. Vh-vzy is the 50th of Type in Qantas’s Australian Fleet and Entered Service on March 7 When It Op-erated Qf414 From Melbourne to Sydney.

737-838 Vh-vzz Walpole Was Planned for Delivery to Qantas in Melbourne in Late April.

737-476 Vh-tjo, Which Was Withdrawn From Service in Melbourne on January 20 (Traffic/march), Departed for Sydney as Qf6019 on Febru-ary 10 and After Overnight-ing Continued as Qf6027 to Apia and Honolulu and Then as Qf6029 to Victorville, California Where It Was Placed in Storage.

Vh-tjo Lorikeet Was Originally Delivered to Austral-ian Airlines in Melbourne on July 24 ’92 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Port Angeles, Washington via Hilo and Noumea as Tn1399.

737-4l7 Vh-tjw Was Withdrawn From Service in Melbourne on February 15 After Operating Qf821 From Canberra. Its Qantas Titles and Kangaroo Were Later Removed Before Vh-tjw Departed Mel-bourne for Sydney as Qf6019 on February 29. After Over-nighting It Continued to Apia and Honolulu as Qf6027 and Then as Qf6029 to Victorville Where It Was Placed in Storage.

Vh-tjw Began Life as C2-rn11 President Kenas Aroi. It Was Delivered to Air Nauru in Melbourne on September 8 ’93 When It Ferried in From Boeing Field via Oakland, Honolulu, Majuro and Nauru as Flight On1121. C2-rn11 Entered Service With Air Nauru on September 20 When It Operated On122 From Melbourne to Brisbane, Honiara and Nauru.

In June 1995 C2-rn11 Was Sold to Qantas, Which Registered It as Vh-tjw. Named Sharing the Aircraft Entered Service With Qantas on July 1 ’95 When It Operated Qf614 From Mel-bourne to Brisbane and Cairns.

Jetstar Registered A320- 232 Vh-vff Msn 5039 on February 13.

Network Aviation Took De-livery of Fokker 100 Vh-nhv at Perth on February 26 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry Flight From Woensdrecht, Hol-land. The Flight Was Contracted to Southern Cross Aviation and Operated as Sxi 1223 via Tra-bzon, Al Ain, Nagpur, Penang and Halim.

Fokker 100 Hk-4443 Msn 11479 is Planned for Delivery to Network Aviation and Arrived at Woensdrecht on February 20 From Cali, Colombia via Nassau, Halifax and Keflavik.

Fokker 100 Hk-4445 Msn 11449 is Also Planned for Delivery to Network Avia-tion and Was Ferried From Cali to Woensdrecht via Nassau, Halifax and Keflavik Between February 28 and March 1.

Air Australia Grounding

Air Australia Was Placed in Receivership in the Early Hours of February 17, Leaving Pas-sengers Stranded in Honolulu and Phuket.

Final Flights and Disposal Details of the Air Australia Fleet Are as Follows: A330-223 Vh-ssa, Which Carried the Colours of Strategic Airlines, Was Grounded in Hon-olulu on February 16 After Op-erating Vc11 From Melbourne. On February 25/26 Vh-ssa Was Ferried From Honolulu to Montreal and Zurich on Return to Its Owner.

A330-223 Tc-etk, Which Was Wet Leased From Atlasjet and Carried Its Colours, Was Grounded in Phuket on Febru-ary 16 After Operating Vc246 From Brisbane. On February 24 Tc-etk Was Ferried From Phuket to Istanbul as Kkk900 on Return to Atlasjet.

A320-212 Vh-yqa the Kimberley, Which Carried the Colours of Strategic Airlines, Operated Its Final Service on February 16 as Vc663 From Melbourne to Brisbane. It De-parted Brisbane on February 29 for Darwin, Singapore, Male, Jeddah and Montpellier.

A320-212 Vh-yqb, Which Carried the Colours of Air Aus-tralia, Operated Its Final Service on February 15 as Vc502 From Derby to Perth and as of March 14 Was Still Parked at Perth.

A320-212 Vh-yqc, Which Carried the Colours of Air Aus-tralia, Operated Its Final Service on February 15 as Vc663 From Melbourne to Brisbane. It Departed Brisbane on March 1 for Majuro, Honolulu and Goodyear, Arizona.

Air Australia Was Planning to Take Delivery of A330-223 Tc-etl Msn 249 in Brisbane in Early March With the Aircraft to Be the First of Its Type Painted in Air Australia Colours, but This Never Eventuated.

A320-212s Lx-sta Msn 446, Lx-stb Msn 436 and Lx-stc Msn 420 Were Operated in Europe Under the Strategic Airlines Name.

Airline News

Air New Zealand Withdrew 747-419 Zk-nbt From Service on February 12 After It Arrived in Auckland From San Francis-co as Nz7/10, While 747-419 Zk-nbu Was Withdrawn From Service on February 27 After Arriving in Auckland From San Francisco as Nz7/25. Their Retirements Leaves the Air New Zealand 747 Fleet at Just Two, 747-419 Zk-nbv and 747-475 Zk-suh.

737-3k2 Zk-sje, Which Had Been Parked at Christchurch Since Being Withdrawn From Service on December 13, Rolled Out of the Paintshop on Febru-ary 25 Carrying the Colours of the Mexican Airline Viva Aero-bus and Registered Xa-vit.

Air New Zealand Com-menced Sydney-norfolk Island-sydney Services on March 2 After Having Been Awarded the Australian Govern-ment Contract to Operate Flights to Norfolk Island. A320-232 Zk-ojn Operated the Inaugu-ral Nz762/763.

Air New Zealand Com-menced Brisbane-norfolk Island-brisbane Services on March 3 With A320-232 Zk-ojm Operating the Inau-gural Nz764/765.

Airnorth Commenced a Twice Weekly Service (Fri/mon) From Darwin to Townsville and Return on February 17 With E-170su Vh-swo Operating the Inaugural Tl182/183.

Alliance Airlines Has Wet Leased 737-476 Zk-jtq From Airwork (Nz) for Fifo Op-erations in Western Australia. After Being Painted in Alliance Colours in Auckland Zk-jtq Ferried From Auckland to Bris-bane on February 10 as Callsign ‘airwork 1’ Before Continu-ing to Perth via Adelaide and Kalgoorlie on February 13.

Zk-jtq Entered Service With Alliance on February 14 When It Operated Qq731 From Perth to Karratha. The 737 is Currently Scheduled to Operate Twice Daily (Tue/wed/thu) Perth-karratha-perth.

Norfolk Air Ceased Op-erating on February 26. The Airline Had Operated 737-33a Vh-nlk on Flights From Norfolk Island to Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney, With the Last Norfolk Air Service Being Ron334 to Brisbane. Vh-nlk Will Remain in Service With Parent Company Our Airline.

Skywest Fokker 100 Vh-fnj Ferried From Perth to Port Hed-land and Seletar on February 7 for Planned Maintenance.

Fokker 100 Ph-abx, Which Was Delivered to Skywest in Perth on February 3, Was Regis-tered Vh-fxf on February 29 but the Aircraft Will Only Be Used as a Source of Spares.

Virgin Australia Fleet Update

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of Two 737-800s and an Atr 72-500 and the Depar-ture of a 737-700.

Virgin Australia Took Deliv-ery of 737-8fe Vh-yig Kings Beach at Brisbane on Febru-ary 11 After It Ferried in From Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as Dj9080. Vh-yig Entered Service With Virgin Australia on February 17 When It Operated Dj1384 From Bris-bane to Adelaide.

737-8fe Vh-yfg Hanson Beach Was Delivered to Brisbane on February 29 After It Ferried in From Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi as Dj9080. The Aircraft Entered Service With Virgin Australia on March 7 When It Operated Dj1206 From Brisbane to Canberra.

737-8fe Vh-yif Sorrento Beach, Which Was Delivered to Brisbane on January 27 (Traf-fic/march), Entered Service on February 4 When It Oper-ated Dj900 From Brisbane to Sydney.

737-8fe Vh-yfi Porpoise Bay Made Its First Flight From Renton on March 1 and Was Planned for Delivery to Brisbane in Late March.

737-8fes Vh-yfj Msn 41001, Vh-yfl Msn 41002 and Vh-yih Msn 38712 Were Registered to Virgin Australia on February 2.

737-8bks Vh-vox and Vh-vum, Which Both Carried the ‘pacific Blue/airline of Virgin Blue’ Scheme, Have Had the Wording ‘airline of Virgin Blue’ Moved From Below the Cheat Line to Above. Vh-vox Was First Noted With This Change at Melbourne on February 18 While Vh-vum Was Noted at Adelaide on February 22.

737-7q8 Vh-vbi Has Com-pleted Its Lease and on Febru-ary 27 Was Withdrawn From Service in Brisbane After Operat-ing Dj792 From Cairns. On February 29 Vh-vbi, Which Still Carried the Full Virgin Blue Livery, Departed Brisbane for Darwin and Shanghai/pudong as Flight Dj9081.

Vh-vbi Smurfette Was Delivered to Virgin Blue in Brisbane on April 13 ’02 After It Completed Its Ferry Flight Dj9063 From Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi.

777-3zger Vh-vpd Fer-ried From Sydney to Auckland as Flight Va9078 on Febru-ary 5 for Planned Maintenance With Air New Zealand. On Completion of Its Maintenance Vh-vpd Ferried From Auck-land to Sydney as Va9077 on February 21.

777-3zger Vh-vpe Fer-ried From Sydney to Auckland as Flight Va9078 on Febru-ary 21 for Maintenance With Air New Zealand.

A330-243 Vh-xfc Msn 1293, Which Was Regis-tered to Virgin Australia on January 30, is Planned for De-livery in April While A330-243 Vh-xfd Msn 1306, Which Was Also Registered to Virgin Australia on January 30, is Planned for Delivery in May.

Virgin Australia Has Wet Leased Fokker 100s Vh-xwm and Vh-xwn From Alliance Airlines.

The All-white Vh-xwm Entered Service on February 13 When It Operated Dj1231 From Brisbane to Rockhampton. Vh-xwn Also Entered Service on February 13 When It Oper-ated Dj1113 From Brisbane to Proserpine.

Virgin Australia Took Deliv-ery of Atr 72-500 Vh-fvu Double Island Point at Brisbane in the Early Hours of January 23 After the Aircraft Completed Its Delivery Flight From Lelystad via Trabzon, Al Ain, Chennai, Penang and Kupang. The Ferry Flight Was Contracted to South-ern Cross Aviation With the Aircraft Operating as Southern Cross 1216.

Atr 72-500 Vh-fvx Was Planned for Delivery to Virgin Australia in Brisbane in March.

Virgin Samoa Placed 737-8fe Zk-pbf Tapu’itea Into Service on February 22 When It Operated Dj67 From Wellington to Brisbane.

Regional Airline News

Air Chathams Operates Con-vair 580s Zk-cie and Zk-cif on Passenger and Freight Flights Connecting New Zealand With the Chatham Islands and as Chathams Pacific on Inter-island and Passenger Freight Flights in Tonga. All Aircraft Wore the Attractive Two Tone Green Colours of Air Chathams, Whether Operating in New Zealand or in Tonga, but on February 22 Zk-cif Was Noted at Auckland in an All-white Scheme Carrying Chathams Pacific Titles.

Air Rarotonga Took Deliv-ery of Emb-110p1 E5-tai at Rarotonga on February 14 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Bankstown via Brisbane, Noumea, Nadi and Niue.

Careflight (Nt) King Air B200 Vh-zci Was Delivered to Darwin by February 6.

Hardy Aviation Regis-tered Cessna 441 Vh-jve Msn 441-0068 on February 21.

Toll Priority Merlin Ivc Vh-uza Was Damaged at Brisbane in the Early Hours of February 15 After Making a Wheels-up Landing.

Dhc-6-300 N615ar Msn 615, Which is Registered to Twin Otter International of Las Vegas, Ferried Into Newcastle on February 24. Ferry Routing on Its Trans-pacific Flight From Camarillo, California to New-castle Was via Hilo, Majuro, Port Moresby and Brisbane. The Reason for Its Arrival in Australia Was Unknown at the Time of Writing.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Global Express and Citation Mustang and the Depatures of a Learjet 60 and a Gulfstream 200.

Global Express M-atar Msn 9060 Was Placed on the Isle of Man Register on Febru-ary 10 to Avwest Aircraft C/- the Warburton Group of Cottesloe, Wa. The Global Ex-press Was Noted at Perth for the First Time on February 20 When It Arrived From Singapore.

Global Express Vh-zxh Was Registered to Avwest on October 19 ’10 but Has Never Been Seen in Australia. The Reason for This is Explained by a Recent Report From Indianapolis Which States That the Aircraft, Which Still Carries Its Previ-ous Registration Hb-jey, Was Noted There on February 5 in Poor Condition After Sustaining Damage in a Hangar Fire.

Citation Mustang Vh-kjg Msn 510-0398, Which Was Registered to M & G Hopkins Sales of Arncliffe, Nsw on February 3, Was Delivered to Bankstown on February 23 After Completing Its Ferry Flight From the Us via Seletar, Denpasar, Broome and Alice Springs. The Mustang, Which Was Ferried by Flight Options, Had Earlier Been Noted Flying From Reykjavik, Iceland to Port Said via Hurn and Naples on February 19-20.

Learjet 60 Vh-sbu Was Be-ing Advertised for Sale by Gantt Aviation in Late February. It Had Departed the Gold Coast for Georgetown, Texas via Honiara, Majuro, Hilo and Santa Bar-bara on February 8.

Gulfstream 200 N533ga Had Been Operated Out of Hamilton by Vela Fishing but Has Departed the Region. On March 4 It Departed Hamilton for Auckland Before Continu-ing on March 6 to the Gold Coast, Port Hedland and Cocos Island.

Singapore Flying Col-lege Learjet 45s Vh-sqv, Vh-sqm and Vh-sqr, Which Have Been Replaced by Citation Mustangs, Were Noted at Maroochydore in Late Febru-ary Painted All-white.

Challenger 601-3a Vh-mxk Changed Its Regis-tered Holder From Fallbrook P/l of Welshpool, Wa to Blis-sett Holdings of South Perth, Wa on January 31.

Beechjet 400a Vh-mgc Changed Its Registered Holder From Arton Aviation, Sydney to Marjen (Nsw) P/l, of Wangi Wangi, Nsw on January 23.

Bae 125-1000b Vh-lmp Changed Its Registered Opera-tor to Shortstop Jet Charter of Essendon on February 10, the Same Day Taking Up Residence at Essendon.

Citation Ii Vh-euv Changed Its Registered Opera-tor to Erudgere Vineyards of Mudgee, Nsw on January 24.

Citation Ii Vh-jmm Changed Its Registered Operator to Myjet Aviation of Bendigo, Victoria on January 27.

Hawker 4000 N860ap Was Demonstrated Briefly in Australia After Being Displayed at the Singapore Airshow. On February 21 It Arrived at Bank-stown From Seletar and Darwin and After Overnighting Departed for Toowoomba, Darwin and Seletar.

Citation Sovereign N192cn Arrived in Perth From Seletar and Port Hedland on February 20 After the Singapore Airshow. It Was Then Demonstrated at Jandakot, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney Before Departing Sydney on February 25 for Darwin and Denpasar.

Gulfstreams Galore

Gulfstream 550 N5585 Registered to Jp Morgan Chase Bank of Columbus, Ohio Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on February 1 and After Overnighting Continued to Melbourne. On February 3 It Departed Melbourne for Perth and Bangkok.

Gulfstream 550 M-tfkr Registered to Tele-fonika of Krakow, Poland Arrived at Essendon From Singapore on February 22 and After Over-nighting Departed to U-tapao.

Gulfstream 550 Vp-ckg Operated by Jet Aviation, Hong Kong Arrived at Essendon From Seletar on February 23 and After Overnighting Con-tinued to Sydney. It Departed Sydney for Brisbane on Febru-ary 25 and Brisbane for Seletar on February 26.

Gulfstream 500 N760cc Registered to Challenger Man-agement of New Castle, Dela-ware Arrived in Brisbane on February 9 and After Overnight-ing Departed for Honolulu.

Gulfstream V N123ft Reg-istered to Franklin Templeton Travel of San Mateo, California Arrived in Sydney From Kona on February 19 and After Over-nighting Continued to Mel-bourne. It Departed Melbourne for Nadi on February 24.

Gulfstream V N300l Registered to the Colleen Corporation of New Castle, Delaware Arrived at Melbourne From Bangalore on February 27 Before Continuing to Canberra and Sydney on February 29. It Departed Sydney for Halim on March 1.

Net-jets Gulfstream V N508qs Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on February 28 and After Overnighting Departed to Maroochydore.

European Flight Service Gulfstream V Se-rdy Arrived in Brisbane From Bangkok on February 19 and After Overnighting Departed to Adelaide. It Departed Adelaide for Canberra and Bangkok on February 24.

Us Navy Gulfstream V/c-37b 166377 Arrived in Canberra From Honolulu on February 19 and Departed for Darwin and Paya Lebar on February 21.

Gulfstream 450 N703lh Arrived in Brisbane From Nan-jing and Cairns on February 28 and Departed for Halim on March 1.

Metrojet Gulfstream 450 B-lck Arrived in Cairns From Hong Kong Before Continuing the Same Day to Mount Isa. It Returned to Cairns From Mount Isa and Brisbane on Febru-ary 18 and After Overnighting Departed to Hong Kong.

Cablevision Gulfstream Iv N101cv Arrived in Brisbane From Port Vila on February 13 and Departed to Papeete on February 16.

Cottonwood Aviation Gulf-stream Iv N404ac Arrived in Perth From Kuala Lumpur on February 22 Before Operating a Return Flight to Karratha on February 25. It Departed Perth for Wellington on February 26.

Gulfstream Iv/sp M-gfor Registered to Star Oriental International, British Virgin Islands Arrived in Perth From Kuala Lumpur on Febru-ary 7 Before Returning to Kuala Lumpur on February 10.

Overseas Bizjets

Global Express N102a Registered to Exxon Mobil Corporation of Dallas Arrived in Melbourne From Honolulu on February 5 and Departed to Port Moresby on February 7.

Sanctuary Aviation Global Express G-sanl Arrived in Sydney From Male on Febru-ary 11 and Departed to Ayers Rock on February 16. It Arrived in Melbourne From Ayers Rock and Adelaide on February 18 and Departed for Male on February 24.

Tag Aviation Spain Global Express Ec-leb, Which Was Operating as Tgm231b, Arrived is Sydney From Siem Reap on February 22. It Later Visited Adelaide and Ayers Rock Before Departing Cairns for Male on March 2.

Challenger 605 N515ks Arrived in Perth From Seletar on February 3 Before Returning to Seletar Later in the Day.

Challenger 605 M-aaes Registered to Eliston Enterprises, British Virgin Islands Arrived in Sydney From Seletar on Febru-ary 17 and After Overnighting Continued to Melbourne. It Departed Melbourne for Halim on February 20 Before Con-tinuing the Same Day to Perth. M-aaes Departed Perth for Halim on February 21.

Challenger 300 N985fm Registered to Idaho Investments of Idaho Falls Arrived in Bris-bane From Pago Pago on March 1 and After Overnighting Contin-ued to Darwin and Seletar.

Precious Jet Learjet 60 N50lk Arrived in Perth From Halim on February 12 Before Returning There the Following Day. It Returned to Perth From Halim on February 23 and Again Returned There on February 24.

Learjet 36 N361pj Registered to Premier Jets of Portland, Oregon Arrived in Brisbane From Majuro and Honiara on February 20 Using the Callsign ‘lifesaver’. It Departed Brisbane for Majuro on February 21.

Learjet 36a N32pa Regis-tered to the Phoenix Group of Cartersville, Georgia Arrived in Sydney From Majuro and Honiara on February 24.

Agropecuaria Santa Mariana Falcon 7x Pr-btg Arrived in Sydney From Auckland on February 18 and Departed for Papeete on February 21.

Falcon 7x N8000e Regis-tered to Emerson Electric of Chesterfield, Missouri Arrived at Essendon From Kona on March 4 Before Continuing to Adelaide and Perth on March 6.

Falcon 900 N898ts Reg-istered to Sata of Nashville, Tennessee Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on February 28 and After Overnighting Departed to Perth. It Continued to Adelaide on March 4.

Air Alsie Falcon 2000lx Oy-mha, Which Was Operat-ing as Mmd3035, Arrived in Perth in the Early Hours of March 2 From Subang.

Stone Tower Air Embraer Erj-135bj Legacy 600 N580ml Arrived in Melbourne From Auckland on February 20 and After Overnighting Departed to Sydney. It Departed Sydney for Essendon and Auckland on February 22.

Ferry Flights

at-802a Vh-duw, Which Was Registered to Mal Dunn P/l of Geraldton on Janu-ary 25, Arrived at Jandakot on February 7 From Colombo, Cocos and Perth.

Cessna 208b D-fimi, Which Had Arrived at Banks-town on October 8 ’11 on an Around-the-world Trip, De-parted There on February 15 for Hervey Bay and Cairns Where It Arrived on February 17. It De-parted Cairns for Port Moresby on February 21.

Maf Cessna 208 N543tc 20800397 Arrived at Mareeba on March 13 After Ferrying in From Sanata Maria, California via Hilo, Majuro, Honiara and Cairns.

Cessna 310r N310kw Arrived at Archerfield on Feb-ruary 29 After Completing Its Trans-pacific Crossing. Ferried by Windward Aviation It Flew From Tracy, California via Hilo, Christmas Island, Pago Pago and the Gold Coast.

Cessna T210m N717tm Arrived at the Gold Coast on February 27 After Crossing the Pacific From Oakland, Califor-nia via Honolulu, Tarawa and Port Vila. After Overnighting It Departed for Toowoomba.

The Cessna T210m Travelled Across the Pacific in Com-pany With Commander 114b N88vk Which Also Continued to Toowoomba on February 28.

Maf Cessna Tu206g P2-mfv Departed Cairns for Horn Island and Mount Hagen on February 15.

Cessna 182p N7321q Fer-ried Into Auckland on March 2 After Crossing the Pacific From Hollister, California via Hilo, Christmas Island, Pago Pago and Nuku’alofa. It Cleared Customs at Auckland Before Continuing to Its New Home at Parakai.

Pac 750xl Zk-kbr Msn 180 Departed Hamilton for Brisbane on February 25 on Delivery to Skydive Grenshen in Switzerland. It Continued to Darwin on February 26 and Denpasar on February 27.

Pa-46r-350t Malibu Matrix D-etxc Arrived at Kempsey on February 9 From Surabaya, Broome, Darwin, Mount Isa, Longreach and Hervey Bay.

Tbm-850 N96hk, Which Arrived in Darwin on Decem-ber 1 and Has Been Touring Since, Departed Cairns for Dar-win on February 15 and Darwin for Denpasar on February 17.

Tbm-850 N889jg Arrived at Jandakot From Denpasar and Broome on February 21.

Heavy Metal

Aerolineas Argentinas A340-313 Lv-csf Arrived in Sydney From Xiamen, China on February 18 and After Over-nighting Departed for Buenos Aires. The A340 Had Been Purchased From Cathay Pacific and Was on Its Delivery Flight Carrying the New Aerolineas Argentinas Colour Scheme.

British Airways World Cargo/global Supply Systems 747-87uf G-gssd Arrived at Avalon on March 6 From East Midlands, Uk via Singapore. The Aircraft Was Operating as Baw8357 Carrying Equip-ment for the 2012 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Avenir Bermuda 737-7bc/ Bbj Vp-bjj Arrived at Avalon From Halim and Melbourne on February 6 and Departed for Melbourne and Jakarta on February 8.

Spectrem Basler Bt-67 Zs-asn, Which Arrived in Darwin From Denpasar on July 13 ’11, Arrived at Townsville From Ayers Rock on February 18.

Embraer E-190 Lineage 1000 Pt-tls Was Shown to a Number of Prospective Custom-ers in Australia After Being Displayed at the Singapore Airshow. It Arrived in Perth From Subang on February 22 and Later Visited Melbourne and Sydney Before Depart-ing Brisbane for Halim on March 1. Although Carrying a Brazilian Registration the Line-age Also Carried a Taped-over Registration A6-ajj With the Aircraft Reportedly Bound for Al Jabar Aviation.

Embraer E-190 Lineage 1000 A6-hhs Operated by Falcon Aviation Services of Abu Dhabi Arrived in Brisbane From Tarakan on February 11 and Departed for Singapore on February 14.

Us Navy C-130t 165314 Arrived in Brisbane From Pago Pago on March 1 as Convoy 3346. The C-130t, Which Belongs to Vr-62 Squadron and Carries the Tail Code Jw, Departed Brisbane for Raaf Base Pearce on March 2.

Usaf/amc Kc-10a 79-1712 Arrived in Brisbane From Diego Garcia on Febru-ary 7. It is Based at Mcguire Afb and Was Using the Callsign ‘reach 88’.

Airvan Production

Ga8-tc 320-11-167 Departed Latrobe Valley in a Container on February 23 on Shipment to the Us.

Ga8-tc 320-11-168 Was Registered Vh-aqo to Gippsaero on September 26 ‘11 Before Departing Latrobe Valley in a Container on December 13 on Shipment to the Us.

Ga8-tc 320 11-169 Was Registered Vh-ehh to Gippsaero on November 22 Before Departing Latrobe Valley in a Container on February 1. The Aircraft is Destined for the Us Market but First Has Been Shipped to Chile to Appear at the Fidae Airshow.

Ga8-11-170, Which Was Reg-istered Vh-ehs to Gippsaero on November 11, Has Been Sold to Lakshya Aviation in New Delhi. Vh-ehs Was Painted in Lakshya Colours and Titles Before Departing Latrobe Valley on March 2 on Ferry to Hyderabad Where It Was Displayed at Indian Aviation Expo 2012. Planned Delivery Routing Was via Ben-digo, Warburton, Port Hedland, Denpasar, Kuala Lumpur and Bangalore.

Ga8-12-171 Was Registered Vh-uwt to Gippsaero on January 25.

Ga8-12-172 Was Registered Vh-sxk to Gippsaero on January 24 Before Being Deliv-ered to Commando Skydivers at Tooradin, Victoria on Febru-ary 15.

Ga8-tc 320 12-173 Was Registered Vh-cqk to Gippsaero on February 2 Before Departing Latrobe Valley in a Container on February 28 on Shipment to the Us.

Ga8-tc 320 12-174 Was Registered Vh-cqa to Gippsaero on February 2.

Ga8-tc 320 12-175 Was Registered Vh-epr to Gippsaero on March 2.

Ga8-tc 320 12-177 Was Registered Vh-epu to Gippsaero on March 2.