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Qantas Withdrew 747-438 Vh-ojp From Service in Los Angeles on June 10 After It Op-erated Qf108 From New York. The Following Day Vh-ojp as Flight Qf6021 Ferried From Los Angeles to Victorville, California Where It Was Placed in Storage.

Vh-ojp City of Albury Was Delivered to Qantas in Sydney on June 28 ’92 After Operating Qf531 From San Francisco.

A380-842 Vh-oqd Had Been in Manila Since April 28 for an Interior Configuration Change, and Ferried Back Into Sydney on June 15 as Qf6026. Vh-oqd Returned to Qantas Service on June 20 When It Operated Qf11 From Sydney to Los Angeles.

737-838 Vh-xza Leeton Was Planned for Delivery to Qantas in Late August.

737-838 Vh-xzb Mudgee Was Planned for Delivery to Qantas in Late September.

737-476 Vh-tjo, Which Departed Melbourne on February 10 for Storage at Victorville, Has Been Sold. Vh-tjo Was Cancelled From the Australian Register on June 4 and the Following Day Was Placed on the Us Civil Register as N116bt. On June 10 the 737 Departed Victorville for Miami Where It Will Be Con-verted to a Freighter.

Jetstar Registered A320-232 Vh-vfh on June 14.

A321-231 Vh-vwy Ferried From Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore/seletar as Jq7992 on April 22 for Planned Main-tenance and on Completion Returned to Mel–bourne via Darwin as Jq7992 on June 5.

Jetstar Japan Has Added a Third A320 to Its Fleet With A320-232 Ja03jj Msn 5161 Departing Toulouse for Cairo and Muscat on June 20 and Onwards Delivery to Narita.

Qantaslink 717-2k9 Vh-nxi Ferried From Adelaide to Townsville on June 14 Where Flying Colours Repainted It in the New Qantas Livery.

Qantaslink Was Plan-ning to Take Delivery of Dash 8-q402 C-gnzw Msn 4414 at Downsview on July 16. The Q400, Which Will Be Registered Vh-lqj, Was to Arrive in Aus-tralia About a Week Later.

Dash 8-q402 C-goao Msn 4415 Was Planned for Acceptance at Downsview on July 23. To Be Registered Vh-lqk the Q400 is Due to Arrive in Australia About a Week Later.

Dash 8-201 Vh-tqg Pixie Rourke Operated a Captain’s Choice Tour From Sydney on June 7 With the Aircraft Routed via Broken Hill, Birdsville, Al-ice Springs, Ayers Rock, Halls Creek, Broome, Kununurra, Darwin, Gove, Horn Island, Cooktown, Cairns and Roma Before Returning to Sydney on June 21.

Network Aviation Was Planning to Take Delivery of Fokker 100 Vh-nhk in Perth in Late July.

Airline News

Former Air Australia A330-223 Vh-ssa Was Cancelled From the Register on June 25 as Exported to the Isle of Man. The A330 Was Repos-sessed in Honolulu After the Airline’s Collapse and Was Ferried to Zurich on February 26.

Air New Zealand 737-3u3 Zk-ngf, Which Operated Its Last Service on July 9 ’11 (Traffic/september ’11), Was Cancelled From the Register on June 5 as ‘withdrawn’. In the Months Since Its Retirement Zk-ngf Has Been Reduced to Components at Christchurch.

737-3u3 Zk-ngf Was De-livered to Air New Zealand in Christchurch on May 5 ’00 and Entered Service on May 28 ’00 When It Operated Nz560 From Christchurch to Auckland.

A320-232 Zk-ojk, Which Arrived in Christchurch on May 4 After Terminating Its Overseas Lease (Traffic/june), Returned to Service on June 22 When It Operated Nz358 From Christchurch to Wellington.

Air New Zealand Com-menced a Seasonal Twice Weekly Service From Auckland to the Sunshine Coast on July 1 With A320-232 Zk-ojm Operating the Inaugural Nz769/768.

Air New Zealand Link/ Eagle Airways Commenced Operations With a Jetstream 31 Leased From Vincent Avia-tion on July 1 With Flights to Be Operated From Auckland to Wanganui and Auckland to Whakatane. On July 1 Vincent Jetstream 31 Zk-jsh Oper-ated Wellington-wanganui- Auckland-wanganui as Val056/058/051, However, It is Planned That the New Vincent Jetstream 32ep Zh-vah Will Be Used on the Eagle Flights.

Air Niugini Was Planning to Take Delivery of 737-7l9 P2-pxd Msn 28007 in Port Moresby in Mid-july. The 737, Which Was Last Operated by Astreus Airways in the Uk as G-strn, Was Planned to Ferry From Sofia to Kuala Lumpur for Painting in Late June. P2-pxd Was a Late 1998 Production Aircraft Which Was Delivered to Maersk Air as Oy-mrd in November ’98.

Fokker 100 P2-anf Arrived Back in Port Moresby in the Early Hours of June 15 After Completing Maintenance at Seletar Followed by a Repaint in the New Air Niugini Colours at Subang. The Return Ferry Routed From Subang to Port Moresby via Denpasar and Darwin.

Airwork 737-219c Zk-nqc, Which Has Been Parked at Auckland Since May 10 ’11, Was Test Flown on June 22. The 737-219c, Which Had Been Sold in Canada, De-parted Auckland on June 27 for Norfolk Island and Brisbane. It Then Departed Brisbane for Port Moresby, Guam and Kansai on July 1.

Airwork Jetstream 32 Zk-ecr Has Been Sold in Armenia and on June 15 It Departed Auckland for Norfolk Island, Gold Coast, Emer-ald and Normanton Before Continuing the Following Day to Darwin and Kupang.

Alliance Airlines Fokker 100 Vh-xwo, Which Was Delivered to Brisbane on De-cember 19 ’11, Entered Service on June 13 When It Oper-ated Qq712 From Brisbane to Cloncurry.

Fokker 100 Vh-xws, Which Was Delivered to Brisbane on October 4 ’10 in the Colours of Germania, is Planned to Enter Service in Late August After a Major Overhaul.

Alliance Will Add a Sixth Fok-ker 50 to Its Fleet in Mid-july With the Delivery of Vh-fko Msn 20160 From Maastricht to Adelaide. This Fokker 50 Was Last Operated by Cityjet as Oo-vlv and as Such It Was Ferried From Antwerp to Maastricht on May 24 for Pre-delivery Maintenance and Painting in Alliance Colours.

Cobham Bae 146-300/ Rj-100 Vh-nji, Which Was De-livered to Perth From Adelaide on June 4, Entered Service on June 6 When It Operated a Flight From Perth to Coondewanna.

Heavylift Cargo 737-406f Vh-jwl, Which Was Delivered to Brisbane in January ’11 but Has Been Static Since, Was Fer-ried to Melbourne on June 8 and on Arrival Entered the John Holland Hangar.

The Heavylift Cargo Belfast Rp-c8020 Which is Parked at Cairns Has Been Receiving Some Attention and Was Noted There on June 27 Now Painted All-white and With Its Philippine Registration Deleted.

Jetgo Erj-135lr Vh-jtg Operated a Flight for Bill Peach Journeys Between May 29 and June 9 With the Aircraft Routed From Sydney to Syd-ney via Longreach, Tindal, Darwin, Kununurra, Broome, Ayers Rock, Alice Springs and Birdsville.

Jetgo Commenced Fifo Operations With Its Erj-135lr Vh-jtg on June 26 Between Brisbane and the Osborne Mine.

Tiger Airways A320-232 Vh-vnd Callsign ‘go Cat 8172’ Departed Melbourne for Darwin and Singapore on June 12 for Planned Mainte-nance. Vh-vnd Returned to Melbourne From Singapore as ‘go Cat 8172’ on June 20.

Virgin Group News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A330-200 and Two 737-800s.

Virgin Australia Took De-livery of A330-243 Vh-xfe Manly Beach at Melbourne on June 19 After the Aircraft Ferried in Direct From Toulouse as Dj9082. Flight Time From Toulouse to Melbourne Was 20 Hours 40 Minutes. Vh-xfe Entered Service on June 30 When It Operated Dj691 From Melbourne to Perth.

737-8fe Vh-yih Hast-ings Point Was Delivered to Brisbane on June 20 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi as Dj9080. Vh-yih Entered Service on July 2 When It Oper-ated Dj601 From Brisbane to Mackay.

737-8fe Vh-yfj Surfers Paradise Beach Was Delivered to Brisbane on July 1 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi as Dj9082.

737-8fe Vh-yij Msn 39924 Was Registered to Virgin Aus-tralia on May 29.

737-7q8 Vh-vbc, Which Ferried Out of Brisbane on April 23 on Termination of Its Lease (Traffic/june), Was Cancelled From the Register on June 14. The Same Day the 737 Was Registered N272lf to Ilfc of Los Angeles.

737-7q8 Vh-vbj, Which Ferried Out of Melbourne on May 10 on Termination of Its Lease (Traffic/july), Was Cancelled From the Register on June 21. On June 22 the 737 Was Registered N225lf to Ilfc.

737-76n Vh-vbn,which Ferried Out of Brisbane on March 28 on Termination of Its Lease (Traffic/may), Was Cancelled From the Register on June 12. The Same Day the 737 Was Placed on the Us Register as N629sc.

Virgin Australia 777-300er Aircraft Are Operating a Weekly Service for Etihad From Abu Dhabi to Kuala Lumpur and Return. The First Rotation Was Scheduled on May 27 With 777-3zger Vh-vpe Operat-ing Ey418/411.

Virgin Australia Was Plan-ning to Take Delivery of Its First Atr 72-600 Vh-fvp Wategos Beach in August With Atr 72-600 Vh-fvn White-haven Beach to Follow Later in the Month.

Regional Airline News

in This Issue We Report the De-livery of a Dhc-6-300 to Hevi Lift Png and a Cessna 208b to Helifix Png and the Departure of a Viking Dhc-6-400 of Avwest.

Aeropelican Air Services Jetstream 32 Vh-oth Has Been Sold to Vincent Aviation (See Below). Vh-oth Oper-ated Its Last Flight for Aero-pelican on June 20 as Ot5210 From Narrabri to Sydney.

Air Marshall Islands Dash 8-102 V7-0210 Arrived in Cairns for Planned Mainte-nance on June 6 After a Two Day Ferry From Majuro via Nauru, Honiara, and Port Moresby.

Australasian Jet King Air B200 Vh-zmw, Which Has Been Working in Queensland, Was Noted at Essendon on June 6 After Being Painted in an Attractive New Corporate Colour Scheme.

Avwest Viking Air Dhc-6-400 Vh-zzh Was Cancelled From the Register on June 20 After the Aircraft Was Exported to Zimex in Swit-zerland as Hb-lpy. Avwest Had Registered the Viking Air Dhc-6-400 Vh-zzh on November 17 ’11, but the Aircraft Was Never Delivered to Australia.

Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation Ga-8 Airvan Vh-fck Was Noted at Darwin on June 30 Wearing an Attrac-tive New Colour Scheme.

Great Barrier Airlines Pbn-2a-26 Zk-rea Fer-ried Out of Auckland Direct to Nuka’alofa on June 27.

Helifix Png Took Deliv-ery of Cessna 208b N1242l Msn 208b1016 at Port Mores-by on June 23 After the Aircraft Completed Its Trans-pacific Ferry Flight From Merced, California via Honolulu and Majuro. The Cessna 208b Was Later Regis-tered to Helifix as P2-hfb.

Hevilift (Png) Took Deliv-ery of Dhc-6-300 C-fasg at Cairns on June 25 After the Air-craft Ferried in From Calgary via North Bend/oregon, Honolulu and Majuro. The Twin Otter, Which Was Previously Oper-ated by Kenn Borek Air, Was Later Registered to Hevilift as P2-ksp Before Departing Cairns for Port Moresby on June 29.

Hevilift Took Delivery of Atr 42-320 P2-ksr at Mount Hagen on June 23 After It Ferried in From Cairns.

Hevilift King Air B200 P2-ksa Has Been Re-registered P2-nwa and Was Noted as Such at Cairns on June 26.

Rfds/south Eastern King Air B200 Vh-mwu, Which Ferried Into Cairns on April 30 (Traffic/july), Has Been Sold in Papua New Guinea. The King Air Was Noted at Cairns on June 17 Now Registered P2-jon and on June 28 It De-parted Cairns for Port Moresby.

King Air B200 Vh-mwq, Which Had Been Parked at Essendon for Several Months While Awaiting Disposal, De-parted for the Gold Coast on June 13 and the Same Day Was Registered to Istlecote P/l of Runaway Bay, Queensland.

Southwest Air Dhc-6-300 P2-swe Completed Its Main-tenance at Archerfield (Traffic/ July) and Departed There on June 7 for Mackay and Cairns Where It Overnighted Before Continuing to Port Moresby.

Vincent Aviation Has Pur-chased Jetstream 32 Vh-oth From Aeropelican With the Aircraft Being Delivered to Wel-lington on June 23 After It Fer-ried in From Sydney via Norfolk Island. Vincent Aviation Will Place the Jetstream on the New Zealand Register as Zk-vah.

Bizjet News

in This Issue We Report the Delivery of a Citation Ii While a Challenger 605 and Falcon 2000lx Have Been Registered. Departing Were a Global 5000, a Learjet 60 and a Citation Mustang.

Challenger 605 Vh-lvh Msn 5814 Was Registered to Cape York Airlines of Stratford, Queensland on June 29.

Falcon 2000lx Vh-ram Was Registered on June 5 With the Holder Being the Bank of America National Association of Sydney and the Operator Ramsay Aircharter of St Leon-ards, Nsw.

Citation Ii N550ca Registered to Martin Sales of Raleigh, North Carolina Arrived at Bankstown on June 13 From Denpasar, Darwin, Ayers Rock, Broken Hill and Cessnock.

The Citation Was Cancelled From the Us Civil Register on June 13 as Sold in Australia.

Linfox Global Charter Global 5000 Vh-lep Was Cancelled From the Register on June 1 as ‘exported to Aruba’. The Global 5000 Departed Its Essendon Base for the Last Time on May 8 When It Flew to Cocos Island and Dubai and There the Aircraft Was Registered P4-pif to Jordan-based Opera-tor Arab Wings.

Global 5000 Vh-lep Was Delivered to Linfox at Essendon on December 18 ’09.

Jet Explorer International Learjet 60 Vh-thg, Which Was Last Seen in Australia on July 7 ’11 When It Departed Sydney for Port Moresby, Was Cancelled From the Register on June 22 as ‘exported to the Usa’.

Citation Mustang Zk-pga, Which is Registered to Pacific Jets of Christchurch, Has Been Sold in the United States and on June 19 Departed Auckland for Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and Bank-stown. Zk-pga Remained at Bankstown Until June 28 When It Departed for Broken Hill, Alice Springs and Darwin and After Overnighting It Continued to Ambon and Davao.

Linfox Aircraft Charter Challenger 850 Vh-lef Changed Its Registered Holder on June 1 to Raise in Devel-opment of Tortola, British Virgin Islands and Its Regis-tered Operator to Avwest of Redcliffe, Wa.

Revesco Aviation is Plan-ning to Add Gulfstream Iv Vh-txs to Its Fleet.

Citation Iii N163jm Msn 650-0163 is Reported to Be a Candidate for Delivery to a New Zealand-based Operator.

King Air Fleet Update

Atlantic Jet Consult-ants King Air 350 N270ab Msn Fl-362 Arrived at Ma-roochydore on June 28 After Ferrying in From Port Moresby and Brisbane. The King Air 350 Had Earlier Ferried Round the North Pacific From Boeing Field to Anchorage, Dutch Harbor, Adak and Petropavlovsk-kam-chatskiy. On June 30 the King Air Operated a Return Flight From Maroochydore to Dysart.

King Air 350i Vh-fiy Was Registered on May 31 With the Holder Aeropearl of Hamilton Central, Queensland and the Operator Pearl Aviation Aus-tralia of Darwin. The King Air, Then Registered D-caua, Was Delivered to Brisbane on May 1 (Traffic/june).

King Air B200 N739w Msn Bb-1945, Which Was on Delivery to the Rnzaf, Arrived at Ardmore on June 12 With the Aircraft Ferrying in From Halim, Broome, Alice Springs, Sydney and Auckland. The B200, Which Was Ferried From the Us by Rangeflyers of Wichita, Kansas Was Registered Zk-mhp to Hawker Pacific Nz of Papa-kura, New Zealand on June 28.

King Air B200 N660aa Msn Bb-1949 Arrived at Bank-stown on June 16 After the Air-craft Ferried in From Halim via Broome. The King Air, Which Was on Delivery to the Rnzaf, Carried Air Ambulance Services Titles on the Fuselage and Aad Life Flight Titles on the Tail. N660aa, Which Was Ferried by Rangeflyers, Was Cancelled From the Us Civil Register on June 19 as Sold in Australia.

King Air B200 N660wm Msn Bb-1944, Which Was on Delivery to the Rnzaf, Ferried From the Us to Bankstown in Company With King Air B200 N660aa. N660wm, Which Was Also Ferried by Rangefly-ers, Was Cancelled From the Us Civil Register on June 19 as Sold in Australia.

King Air B200 Zk-khp Msn Bb-1847 Was Registered to Hawker Pacific Nz of Papa-kura on June 14. The King Air, as N635sf, Had Earlier Been Delivered to Ardmore (Traffic/ July), Being the First of Six for the Rnzaf.

Tbm 850 N850jt Msn 362 Registered to Transatlantic De-liveries of Wilmington, Dela-ware Was Delivered to the Gold Coast on June 21 After Ferry-ing in From Denpasar, Darwin and Mount Isa. Earlier on June 12-14 the Tbm Crossed the North Atlantic From Goose Bay to Tarbes, France via Narsarsuaq, Keflavik and East Midlands, Uk.

Gulfstreams Galore

Millrock Aviation Financial Gulfstream 550 N119le (Traffic/july) Departed Mel-bourne for Auckland on June 7.

Chevron Usa Gulf-stream 550 N816mg Arrived in Sydney From Honolulu on June 11 and After Overnight-ing Continued to Essendon. N816mg Departed Essendon for Honolulu on June 13.

Northrop Grumman Gulf-stream Iv N5ng Arrived in Sydney From Nadi on June 17 Before Continuing to Canberra on June 19. N5ng Departed Canberra for Alice Springs and Cairns on June 21.

Joyce Myer Ministries Gulfstream Iv N7jm Arrived in Brisbane From Noumea on June 27 and Continued to Syd-ney on July 1.

Martin Aviation Gulf-stream Iv N77wl (Traffic/ July) Arrived in Brisbane From Auckland on June 7 Before Con-tinuing to Sydney on June 17 and Melbourne on June 26.

Gulfstream Iv N710ec Transited Cairns on June 11 While en Route From Seletar to Fua’amotu.

Us Marine Corps Gulf-stream Iv/c-20g 165153 Callsign ‘ghost 53’ Arrived at Canberra From Pago Pago on June 20.

Overseas Bizjets

Dcs Management Services Global Express N1ds Arrived in Cairns From Papeete on June 5 Before Continuing to Syd-ney on June 7 and Melbourne on June 9. N1ds Departed Mel-bourne for Rotorua on June 11.

American International Group Global Express N70ps Arrived in Sydney From Haneda on June 17 Before Continuing to Melbourne on June 19. After Overnighting N70ps Departed for Kuala Lumpur.

Global Express B-ktl, Which Was Operating as Tbj27, Arrived in Brisbane From Am-bon on June 30.

Global Express B-lrh, Which Was Operating as Tbj09, Arrived in Sydney From Hong Kong on June 29.

Fai Air Service Global Express D-axtm (Traffic/ July) Departed Gove for Perth and Male on June 9. The Global Express as Ifa6087 Returned to Perth From Colombo on June 19 and After Overnighting Returned to Colombo.

Global 5000 N939ap, Which Was Operating as Tbj03, Arrived on Sydney From Halim on June 8 Before Returning to Halim on June 10.

Karnavati Aviation Chal-lenger 605 Vt-apl is Becoming a Regular Visit to Australia, Arriving in Sydney From Singapore on June 26 Before Continuing to Brisbane on the 28th. The Challenger Now Carries the Titles ‘adani’ on Its Forward Fuselage.

Fai Air Service Chal-lenger 604 D-afai, Which Was Operating as Ifa2307, Arrived in Perth From Colombo on June 20 and Later That Day Returned to Colombo.

African Petroleum Chal-lenger 601 G-lwdc (Traffic/ July) Returned to Perth From Kota Kinabalu on June 7 and Departed to Cocos Island on June 9.

Fai Air Service Lear-jet 55er D-caae, Which Was Operating a Medevac Flight as Ifa2304, Arrived in Melbourne From Singapore and Broome on June 16. The Lear 55 Departed Melbourne for Alice Springs, Broome and Singapore on June 17.

Maritime Sales and Leasing Learjet 36a N44ev, Which Was Operating a Medevac Flight Arrived in Sydney From Pago Pago and Noumea on June 26. The Learjet Departed Sydney for Pago Pago on June 28.

Learjet 35a B-4187 (Traffic/ July) Departed Sydney for Lon-greach and Darwin on June 6 Before Continuing to Davao on June 7.

Airalliance Express Learjet 35a D-cexp, Which Was Operating as Ayy110, Arrived in Melbourne From Singapore and Broome on June 29 and Departed for Broome and Sin-gapore on June 30.

Us Army Cessna Uc-35a 96-0109, Callsign ‘ninja 73’, Arrived in Darwin From Dili on June 9 and After Overnight-ing Continued to Cairns and Sydney. The Uc-35a Returned to Darwin From Sydney and Cairns on June 12 Before Con-tinuing to Dili on June 13.

Wirtgen Group Citation Cj3 D-cwir Arrived in Bris-bane From Cebu and Merauke on June 17 and After Over-nighting Continued to Sydney. D-cwir Departed Sydney for Adelaide and Perth on June 20 Before Departing to Cloudbreak, Broome and Denpasar on June 23.

No Fewer Than Three Fal-con 7xs and a Falcon 900ex Operated by Royal Dutch Shell Visited Canberra and Perth in Mid-june, Bringing the Com-pany’s Board of Directors to Visit the Federal Government and Various Shell Assets in Australia.

Shell Falcon 7x Vq-bsn Callsign ‘shell 961’ Arrived in Canberra From Bangkok/ Don Muang on June 17 and Continued to Gladstone and Perth on June 19. Vq-bsn Departed Perth for Don Muang on June 20.

Shell Falcon 7x Vq-bso ‘shell 962’ Arrived in Canberra From Don Muang on June 17 and Continued to Karratha, Barrow Island and Perth on June 19. Vq-bso Departed Perth for Don Muang on June 21.

Shell Falcon 7x Vq-bsp ‘shell 963’ Arrived in Canberra From Don Muang on June 17 and Continued to Karratha, Barrow Island and Perth on June 19. Vq-bsp Departed Perth for Don Muang on June 21.

Shell Falcon 900ex Vp-bso Arrived in Canberra From Nadi on June 17 Before Continuing to Gladstone and Perth on June 19. Vp-bso Departed Perth for Nadi on June 20.

Bloomberg Services Falcon 900ex N5mv Arrived in Syd-ney From Nadi on June 12 and Departed to Seletar on June 14.

Ferry Flights

Helicopter Service Australia As350 B3 Vh-ipw, Which Also Carried the Registration P2-thw, Ferried From Towns-ville to Cairns on June 18. The As350 B3 Was Cancelled From the Australian Register on June 22 Before It Departed Cairns for Coen on June 25.

Aerospool Wt9 Oe-7104 Arrived at Kununurra From Denpasar on June 10 and After Overnighting Continued to Darwin. The Aerospool, on a Round-the-world Flight, Later Departed the Gold Coast for Noumea on June 20.

Air Tractor at-802a N23579 Msn 460 Arrived at the Gold Coast on June 27 After Ferrying in From Santa Maria, California via Hono-lulu, Majuro and Honiara. The at-802a, Which Was Ferried by Srd Aviation of Albury, Later Continued to Scone, Nsw.

Baron G58 N8085u Msn Th-2335, Which Was Ferried by Windward Aviation, Arrived at Jandakot on June 10 From Tracy, California via Hilo, Pago Pago and the Gold Coast. The Baron Was Later Registered Vh-epo to the Singapore Flying College on June 18.

Baron 58 Zk-wlv (Traffic/ July) Continued Its Ferry From Narrabri to Broken Hill, Es-sendon, Devonport and Hobart, Where It Arrived on June 6.

Mcdermott Aviation Bell 214 N281jl, Which Ar-rived at Essendon on March 28, Departed on June 19 and Was Later Noted at Ardmore on June 28.

Cessna 182rg Zk-etx Arrived at the Gold Coast From Ardmore via Kerikeri and Norfolk Island on June 15. Zk-etx Departed the Gold Coast for Gladstone and Pros-erpine on June 19 and Was Later Noted at Broome on June 29 After Arriving From Darwin and Kununurra.

Cessna 182rg N4949t, Which Was Ferried by Windward Aviation, Arrived at the Gold Coast on June 19 After Com-pleting Its Trans-pacific Ferry From Tracy via Hilo, Pago Pago and Port Vila. After Overnight-ing It Departed for Southport.

Cessna T182t N118eh Arrived at Jandakot on June 28 After Ferrying in From Broome, Carnarvon and Shark Bay.

Columbia 350 N1222g Arrived at Jandakot on June 28 After Ferrying in From Lombok, Broome and Shark Bay. On June 30 N1222g Departed Jandakot for Ayers Rock Before Continuing From Darwin to Denpasar on July 2.

Pc-12/47e N9401s Msn 1292 Arrived at Jandakot on June 27 From Chiang Mai, Subang, Seletar, Lombok and Broome and Departed for Port Hedland and Denpasar on July 2.

Pa-46 Malibu Matrix Vh-zxj Arrived at the Gold Coast on July 2 From Pago Pago and Noumea. After Clearing Customs Vh-zxj Departed for Caloundra.

Pa-46-310p N9099z, Which Has Been a New Zealand Resident Since June ’07, Departed Auckland on June 7 for Lord Howe Island and Maitland. The Pa-46 Was Then Seen at a Number of Airfields Before Re-turning to the Gold Coast From Longreach on June 27.

Pa-30-160 N7898p, Which Had Earlier Ferried From San-tiago to Easter Island, Arrived in Cairns From Noumea/ Magenta on June 15. The Twin Comanche Departed Cairns for Darwin on June 19 Before Continuing Its Ferry Direct to Seletar on June 21.

Pa-28-140 N4203t Ferried Into Darwin on June 26 Before Continuing to Tennant Creek, Mount Isa and Longreach Where It Arrived on July 1.

Vulcanair P-68r Vh-vri Arrived at Jandakot on June 28 From Lombok, Broome and Shark Bay. Vh-vri Departed Jandakot for Ayers Rock on June 30 Before Leaving the Country on July 2 From Darwin to Denpasar.

Heavy Metal

Saudi Arabian Airlines 777-268er Hz-akf, Which Was Operating as Sva7225, Arrived in Brisbane From Jakarta on June 14 and Returned There Later in the Day.

Omega Air 707-338c N624rh Callsign ‘omega 74’, Which is the Former Qan-tas Vh-ead and Raaf A20-624, Arrived at Raaf Amberley From Honolulu on June 7.

Us Navy Boeing 737-8fverx/p-8a Poseidon 167955 Callsign ‘vvja955’ (Traffic/july) Departed Raaf Pearce for Guam on June 16, While Boeing 737-8fverx/ P-8a Poseidon 167956 C/s ‘vvja956’ Departed Pearce for Raaf Edinburgh on June 16 Before Continuing to Canberra and Amberley on June 19 and Then to Honolulu on June 20.

Avenir Bermuda 737-7bc/ Bbj Vp-bjj Arrived in Alice Springs From Surakarta on May 21 Before Continuing to Melbourne on June 8.

Royal Jet 737-7z5/bbj A6-das, Which Was Operating as Roj04, Arrived in Sydney From Singapore on June 6. It Departed Sydney for Brisbane on June 8 Before Continuing to Christchurch on June 9. After Its Stay in New Zealand the Bbj Transited Cairns on June 14 While en Route From Auckland to Hong Kong.

Garuda Indonesia 737-5u3 Pk-ggd Callsign ‘indonesia One’ Arrived in Darwin From Halim on July 2.

Us Navy 737-7a7c/c-40a 165835 ‘convoy 7782’ Operated a Return Flight From Darwin to Rockhampton on June 18.

Us Navy C-130t 164994 ‘convoy 7616’ Arrived in Darwin From the Former Clark Afb in the Philippines on June 16.

Us Marine Corp Kc-130j 168065/qd ‘sumo 65’ Arrived in Darwin From Guam on June 16.