Traffic

A330-202 VH-EBE Kangaroo Valley ferried from Singapore to Sydney as QF6012 on November 17. While in Singapore VH-EBE was repainted from Jetstar to Qantas colours and it then entered service with Qantas on November 18 operating QF405 Sydney to Melbourne.

A330-202 VH-EBI, withdrawn from Qantas service on September 13 (Traffic/November), was then ferried to Paya Lebar in preparation for conversion to an A330-200 MRTT (KC-30A) for the RAAF. With initial work completed at Paya Lebar the A330 departed Paya Lebar for Teruel, Spain on November 23. VH-EBI was cancelled from the VH register on November 24 when transferred to the Spanish register.

747-438ER VH-OEE operated QF87 from Sydney to Hong Kong on November 1 and was then hangared for planned maintenance. As QF6014 it ferried out of Hong Kong on November 27 to Sydney, arriving November 28.

767-338ER VH-OGG has been stored at Victorville since August 12 ’14 and was cancelled from the register on November 25 when sold in the US.

767-338ER VH-OGR, which had been in storage at Alice Springs since September 24 ’14, ferried to Sydney on November 19 as QF6019. On November 24 as QF6019 it then departed Sydney for Victorville where it was placed in storage.

767-338ER VH-OGU, which had ferried from Alice Springs to Victorville on October 2/3 (Traffic/November), was cancelled from the register October 14. Later registered N207CR on October 19 the 767 reportedly will be converted to a freighter for SF Airlines. 737-838 VH-VXQ ferried from Melbourne to Townsville as QF6101 on October 31 and on arrival entered the Flying Colours hangar where it was painted in a retro colour scheme. Named Retro Roo II, VH-VXQ was then ferried from Townsville to Sydney as QF6195 on November 16.

QantasLink ferried Fokker 100 VH-NQE into Perth from Seletar and Port Hedland on November 8 on completion of planned maintenance.

Fokker 100 VH-NHM departed Perth on November 14 for Wagga Wagga where it was repainted from Network to QantasLink colours. It returned to Perth on November 21 before the following day being ferried to Seletar via Port Hedland for planned maintenance.

Jetstar A320-232 VH-VQG entered service on November 30 operating JQ508 from Melbourne to Sydney, featuring decals promoting The Peanuts movie.

Dash 8-315 VH-TQM ferried from Brisbane to Norfolk Island and Auckland as QLK6713/6714 on November 6, while Dash 8-315 VH-SBI followed over the same route on November 21 as QLK6713/6714. Dash 8-315 VH-TQL ferried from Brisbane to Norfolk Island and Auckland as QLK6713/6714 on November 23.

Dash 8-315 VH-TQK ferried from Cairns to Brisbane on November 18.

Jetstar commenced Dash 8 regional operations in New Zealand on December 1 with Dash 8-315 VH-SBI operating JQ350 from Napier to Auckland followed by JQ371 from Auckland to Nelson.

Airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Air Vanuatu and a 737-400F to Airwork and the departure of an Air Vanuatu 737-800.

Air New Zealand ferried A320-232 ZK-OAB from Christchurch to Townsville as NZ6202 on November 25 where on arrival the aircraft entered the Flying Colours hangar for painting.

A320-232 ZK-OJN departed Christchurch on November 24 as NZ6002 for Cairns and Singapore (arriving November 25) for planned maintenance.

777-319ER ZK-OKN returned to Auckland from Victorville as NZ6015 on November 30 after it was painted in the current Air New Zealand livery.

737-319 ZK-NGG, which was withdrawn from service on May 14, was later registered N303KH before being converted to a freighter by KF Aerospace in Kelowna, Canada. It was later delivered to Aloha Air Cargo in Honolulu on November 20 as N303KH.

Air New Zealand Link/ Eagle Airways withdrew Beech 1900D ZK-EAJ from service on November 8 after it operated NZ2215 from Auckland to Hamilton, while Beech 1900D ZK-EAR was withdrawn from service on November 25 after it operated NZ2106 from Palmerston North to Hamilton.

Air Niugini plans to add the following ex-KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 aircraft to its fleet: PH-KZO msn 11538; PH-KZR msn 11551; PH-WXD msn 11563; PH-KZA msn 11567; PH-WXC msn 11574; PH-KZF msn 11577 and PH-KZS msn 11582.

Fokker 100 P2-ANC departed Port Moresby on November 18 as PX6390 for Darwin, Denpasar and Seletar for planned maintenance.

Air Vanuatu withdrew 737-8Q8 YJ-AVI from service on November 14 after the aircraft operated AVN51 from Auckland to Port Vila. Later the same day the 737 departed Port Vila for Guam and Shanghai.

Air Vanuatu took delivery of 737-8K2 PH-HSA in Port Vila on November 11 after it ferried in from Singapore and Cairns. The 737 has been leased from Transavia and was delivered in Transavia colours but with no titles. It entered service with Air Vanuatu on November 15 operating AVN10 from Port Vila to Sydney.

Airwork took delivery of 737-476(F) N944NZ at Auckland on December 7 after the aircraft ferried in from Dothan, Alabama via Oakland, Honolulu and Pago Pago. The ex-Qantas 737 (the former VH-TJS) was taken out of storage at Victorville before being ferried to Dothan on February 2 ’15 where it was converted to a freighter. N944NZ was delivered to Auckland painted all-white but with the letters PAK on the nosewheel door suggesting it will be registered ZK-PAK.

Alliance Airlines announced on November 25 that it had purchased 15 Fokker 100s and six Fokker 70s from Austrian Airlines.

Fokker 100 VH-XWR arrived in Perth from Bratislava via Penang and Halim on November 23 after completing planned maintenance. The ferry flight was contracted to Southern Cross and operated as SXI1531. VH-XWR had earlier departed Perth for Bratislava on September 23.

Fokker 100 VH-XWT arrived in Perth from Bratislava as SXI1524 on November 8 after completing planned maintenance.

Fiji Airways 737-86J DQ-FJM as FJI2002 ferried into Nadi from Hong Kong and Guam on November 6 after completing planned maintenance.

Skippers Aviation placed Fokker 100 VH-XKM into service on November 25 when it operated a flight from Perth to Leonora.

Virgin Group news

Virgin Australia withdrew 737-8FE VH-VUB from service on November 14 after operating VOZ1105 from Newcastle to Brisbane. The same day VH-VUB was ferried to Townsville as VOZ9901 where on arrival it entered the Flying Colours hangar to be painted in the colours of Tigerair (see below).

737-8FE VH-YFV Princess Charlotte Bay, which was delivered to Brisbane on November 5 (Traffic/ December), entered service on November 17 when it operated VOZ302 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-8FE VH-VUN was cancelled from the register on November 9 as ‘sold in Bulgaria’. Then named Madelaide and carrying the colours of Pacific Blue, VH-VUN was first delivered to Christchurch on November 11 2007.

737-8FE VH-VOR departed Melbourne for Singapore as VOZ9943 on November 18 for planned maintenance.

After completing planned maintenance in Nashville E190-100IGW VH-ZPB returned to Brisbane on November 30 as flight VOZ9902, ferrying via Honolulu and Apia.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPC departed Brisbane on November 22 as VOZ9901 for Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys to Nashville for planned maintenance.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines ferried Fokker 100 VH-FNU into Perth on November 21 from Seletar and Port Hedland after completing planned maintenance.

ATR 72-500 VH-FVZ was damaged by a storm while on the ground at Moranbah on November 16 and was still there as of December 11.

Fokker 50 VH-FNB has been parked at Perth since October 23 after operating a service from Esperance.

Tigerair took delivery of 737-8FE VH-VUB in Melbourne on November 22 after the aircraft ferried in from Townsville as VOZ9900.

Regional airline news

This issue we report on the delivery of a Saab 340B to Regional Express and a DHC-6-400 to Helifix.

Air Calin ferried DHC-6-300 F-OCQZ out of Cairns to Port Moresby on November 25 before continuing to Buka and Honiara on November 27. The Twin Otter had been in Cairns since October 1 for planned maintenance.

Air Chathams cancelled Metro III ZK-LFT from the register on November 16 as ‘withdrawn’. It had earlier been reduced to spares at Auckland (Traffic/November).

Helifix has leased DHC-6-400 HB-LPY from Zimex in Switzerland with the Twin Otter delivered to Port Moresby via Male and Ambon on November 18. It was was later registered to Helifix as P2-HFE.

PNG Air rolled out Dash 8-102 P2-MCT at Cairns on December 3 in its new colour scheme. P2-MCT then ferried from Cairns to Port Moresby as TOK801 on December 4.

ATR 72-600C P2-ATR entered service on November 16 when it operated a flight from Port Moresby to Kiunga.

Regional Express took delivery of Saab 340B N416XJ msn 416 at Adelaide on November 14 after the aircraft completed its ferry from Bangor/Maine via Burlington/ Wisconsin, Renton, Hilo, Apia, Brisbane and Orange. It was registered to Regional Express as VH-ZXF on December 3.

Skytrans returned Dash 8-102 VH-QQF to service on November 5 when it operated SKP850 from Cairns to Weipa. On November 10 VH-QQF ferried from Cairns to the Gold Coast as SKP9002 and the following day it operated two return services from the Gold Coast to Lord Howe Island before returning to Cairns as SKP9003 on November 12. Dash 8-102 VH-QQA was reportedly damaged by a storm at Chinchilla on October 28 after operating SKP731 from Brisbane. The Dash 8 remained in Chinchilla until November 20 when it departed for Roma and Cairns.

Bizjet news

This issue we report the departure of a King Air B200.

Learjet 31ER VH-OVX was registered on November 10 with the holder DG Thomson P/L of Cranbourne, Victoria and the operator Shortstop Jet Charter of Essendon, Victoria. VH-OVX had been delivered to Essendon on October 25 then registered N55VR (Traffic/December).

Learjet 45 VH-LJQ changed its registered holder to the Westpac Banking Corporation of Concord West, NSW on November 10.

Learjet 35A VH-SLD of Pel-Air Aviation, which was in storage at Wagga Wagga (Traffic/ November), departed for Nowra on November 26.

Learjet 35A VH-OVB changed its registered holder and operator to Air Affairs (Australia) and Pacific Flight Services respectively on October 23 and not October 8 as was shown in Traffic/December.

Learjet 35A ZK-XVL departed Ardmore for Auckland, Sydney and Nowra on November 18 and was reportedly still there as of December 6.

Citation III VH-SPJ changed is registered holder to AAA Aircraft of Mudjimba, Queensland on November 13.

Citation III VH-SSZ changed its registered holder to Sundyne of Auburn, NSW on November 9.

Citation II VH-FOJ changed its registered holder to AAA Aircraft of Mudjimba, Queensland on November 13.

Citation CJ2 VH-MOR changed its registered holder and operator to Thomas White Holdings of Paddington, Queensland on October 16.

Citation Mustang VH-NEQ changed its registered holder and operator to VH-NEQ P/L of Georges Hall, NSW on November 10.

Kefford Aviation Gulfstream IV N810LP was noted at Essendon on November 11 carrying special decals promoting the Carlton Draught Aussie Pub Tour. However, the decals had been removed by November 18.

In propjet news Oyonnair Compagnie Aerienne King Air B200 F-HEAL msn BB-1928 arrived at Noumea on November 23 from Lombok, Darwin and Cairns.

King Air B200 VH-ITA departed Jandakot on November 19 for Broome, Denpasar and stops to South Africa. It was cancelled from the register on November 25 as sold in South Africa.

GAM Air Commander 690A VH-AAG, which has been in storage at Essendon, had its registration changed to VH-MLG on November 16.

Merlin III VH-SSL changed its registered holder/operator on October 30 to Jetstream Electrical of Winnellie, NT. The Merlin now features Jetstream Electrical titles on the fuselage with ‘Your flying electrician’ on its nose.

Gulfstreams galore

Gulfstream 650 N305KN arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on November 23 before returning there on November 26.

Penske Racing Gulfstream 550 N1RP, which arrived in Sydney on November 3, continued to Brisbane the following day. It departed Brisbane for Auckland on November 5.

Harpo Gulfstream 550 N540W arrived at Melbourne from Lanseria on November 30 before continuing to Adelaide on December 3.

Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N401HB arrived in Perth from Guam on November 21 before continuing to Barrow Island on November 22.

Indigo Management Gulfstream 550 N418SG arrived in Melbourne on November 20 and departed for Kahului on November 26.

Gulfstream 550 N554CE arrived in Sydney from Don Muang on November 4 and departed to Honolulu on November 5.

Gulfstream 550 N795CP arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on November 16.

Gulfstream 550 N897NC arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on November 15 before returning to Honolulu on November 20.

Gulfstream 550 N989AR departed Brisbane for Darwin on November 8 before continuing the following day to Auckland.

Sino Jet Management Gulfstream 550 N998FA as SJM10 arrived in Perth from Shenzhen on November 23 before continuing to Sydney on November 24.

Paypal Gulfstream 550 N3050 arrived in Sydney from Kona on November 16 and later the same day departed to Kuala Lumpur.

Gulfstream 550 B-KDP arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on November 10 and departed to Seletar on November 14.

Gulfstream 550 B-LDL as BWJ998 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on November 25.

State of Johor Gulfstream 550 9M-TMJ arrived in Melbourne from Kuala Lumpur on November 7 and departed to Broome and Johor Bahru on November 12.

Costco Wholesale Corporation Gulfstream V N83CW arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu and Sydney on November 17. It departed for Perth on November 18 and after overnighting continued to Nagoya.

Canal Air Gulfstream 450 N903G arrived at Essendon from Nadi on November 4 and departed to Sydney on November 6.

Alsco Gulfstream 450 N450KR arrived in Perth from Kuala Lumpur on November 5 before continuing to Essendon on November 7. It departed Essendon for Wellington on November 8.

AS Aviation Holdings Gulfstream IV N716AS arrived at the Gold Coast from Manila on November 9. It departed to Essendon on November 17 before continuing to Sydney on November 23.

US Air Force Gulfstream IV/ C-20F 91-0108 callsign ‘Pat 108’ arrived in Sydney from Pago Pago on November 4 and departed to Guam on November 6.

Overseas bizjets

Global Express N2QE arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on November 17 before continuing to Melbourne on November 19.

Global Express N9253V arrived in Sydney from Cairns and Townsville on November 22 and departed to Singapore on November 23.

Net Jets Europe Global Express CS-GLF as NJE181C arrived in Sydney from Halim on November 17 and departed to Hong Kong on November 22.

YYA Aviation Global Express M-ASRI arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on November 24 before returning to Hong Kong on November 26.

TAG Aviation (Asia) Global 6000 VP-CYA as TBJ78 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on November 24 before returning to Hong Kong on November 26.

Vista Jet Global 6000 9H-VJL as VJT840J arrived in Sydney from Haneda on November 19 before departing to Wellington on November 21. It later arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on November 23 before continuing to Adelaide on November 24 and Hong Kong on November 26.

Western Air Charter Global 5000 N115MH callsign ‘Jet Edge 115’ arrived in Sydney from Narita on November 22 and departed to Auckland on November 24.

Stryker Corporation Global 5000 N625SC arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on November 17 before continuing to Melbourne on November 19.

Global 5000 VP-CWQ arrived in Perth from Hong Kong on November 22 before continuing to Sydney on November 23. It departed Sydney for Queenstown on November 27.

Challenger 605 N15VC arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong and Darwin on November 21 before returning to Hong Kong via Darwin on November 23.

Flight Ambulance International Challenger 604 D-AFAI as IFA5928 arrived in Darwin from Chiang Mai on November 20 and departed to Johor Bahru on November 22.

Global Flight Challenger 601-3A N392JT arrived in Sydney from Pago Pago on November 19 before departing to Apia on November 23.

Challenger 300 N528YT (Traffic/ December) departed Melbourne for Darwin and Hong Kong on November 4.

Learjet 36A N82GG was still in the country as of November 30 after arriving at Essendon on October 10 from Port Moresby and Cairns (Traffic/December). The Learjet was reported to be on an aerial mapping contract and during November was noted at Adelaide, Albury, Canberra, Essendon and Perth.

Citation S/II N112BR, which arrived at Auckland on November 1 (Traffic/December), was still in residence there as of November 30.

Dasnair Falcon 7X HB-JSN arrived in Sydney from Singapore on November 25 and later the same day departed to Bangalore.

Falcon 7X B-8215 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on November 15 before continuing to Cairns on November 17. It departed Cairns for Sydney on November 18 and after overnighting returned to Hong Kong.

Falcon 900 N116RW arrived at the Gold Coast from Noumea on November 26 and departed to Port Vila on November 29.

Falcon 50 N959DM departed Bankstown for Darwin and Johor Bahru on November 25.

Aerolineas del Pacifico Falcon 2000LX RP-C9215 arrived in Mudgee from Manila and Sydney on November 14. It departed Mudgee for Sydney, Darwin and Manila on November 18.

Indonesia Air Transport Legacy 600 PK-TFS arrived in Sydney from Kupang on November 9 before returning to Kupang on November 12.

Airfast Indonesia ERJ-135LR PK-OKE arrived in Darwin from Lombok on November 25 before returning there on November 26.

Ferry flights

This issue we can report the delivery of a Cessna 208B, two Baron G58s and a Diamond DA-42, and the departures of two BK117s and a Cessna 182F.

AT-802s VH-AWU and VH-XAU and AT-802As VH-NWU and VH-ZIN arrived at Broome from Halim on November 24. All four Air Tractors were reported as returning from fire attack work in Indonesia.

AT-802 VH-WXH departed Broome for Denpasar on November 14.

Baron G58s N2449M msn TH-2449 and N2450J msn TH-2450 arrived at the Gold Coast on November 28 after completing their trans-Pacific ferry from Santa Maria via Hilo and Pago Pago. On November 30 both aircraft departed for Cairns.

Heli-Niugini BK117 B2s P2-HBK and P2-HBQ transited Cairns on November 16 while en route from Cooktown to Townsville. The following day the two BKs were reported at Mackay, Rockhampton and Bundaberg and then were later noted at Wellcamp on November 23 where they were loaded on Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-8F B-LJA bound for Hong Kong.

Cessna 208B/EX N195EX msn 208B5195 arrived in Cairns on November 14 from Koepang, Darwin and Groote Eylandt at the start of a demonstration tour of northern Australia. N195EX was later demonstrated at Mareeba, Groote Eylandt, Darwin, Bathurst Island, Kununurra and Broome before departing Port Hedland for Surabaya on November 26.

Cessna 208B N273LB 208B-0273 completed its trans-Pacific crossing at the Gold Coast on November 18 after ferrying in from Merced/ California via Honolulu and Apia. The Cessna then continued to Redcliffe and Wollongong where on December 2 it was registered VH-LVN for operation by Skydive the Beach Group.

Cessna 208B PK-RSC, which has been under rebuild at Bankstown (Traffic/October), departed on November 28 for Roma and Townsville and after overnighting continued to Horn Island and Jayapura.

Cessna 182F VH-CDN, which was carrying Skydive Langkawi titles, was noted at Darwin on November 8. It later departed Darwin for Koepang on November 22.

Cirrus SR22 N7YT, which departed Bankstown for the Gold Coast on November 4, was cancelled from the US register on November 17 and the same day was placed on the Australian register as VH-FBT.

Cirrus SR22T N663LF, which has been in the country since at least October ’14, departed Bankstown for the Gold Coast on November 5.

Diamond DA42 OE-UDS arrived at Port Macquarie on November 21 after ferrying in from Denpasar, Darwin and Mount Isa.

GA-8 Airvan VH-AEA arrived at Queenstown on November 17 from Latrobe Valley and Essendon.

Niugini Aviation PAC 750XL P2-RNA ferried from Daru to Ingham via Horn Island and Cairns on November 14.

PA-31-325 VH-OOI departed Ceduna for Adelaide on November 19 and after overnighting continued to Bankstown. It departed Bankstown on November 21 for Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island before continuing to Kerikeri on November 23.

PA-24-250 ZK-BAZ departed Coffs Harbour for Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island on November 11 before continuing the following day to Kerikeri.

Heavy metal

Amiri Flight A340-313X A7-AAH arrived in Perth from Doha on November 23 as flight QAF9. The A340 carries the colours and titles of Qatar Airways and departed Perth later the same day on its return to Doha.

Comlux A319-115A/CJ 9H-AVK as flight MLM26 arrived in Sydney from Manila on November 10. It was later seen at the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne where it arrived on December 6.

Volga Dnepr An-124 RA-82047 as flight VDA1673 arrived in Cairns from Guam on November 20. It departed Cairns on November 26 for Rockhampton where it loaded five Republic of Singapore Air Force AH-64D Apache helicopters which had been taking part in the military exercise Wallaby 2015. RA-82047 then departed Rockhampton on November 26 for Darwin and Paya Lebar before returning to Rockhampton on November 28 from Johor Bahru as VDA1495. The Antonov then loaded two RSAF CH-47SD Chinook helicopters before departing Rockhampton on November 29 for Darwin and Paya Lebar.

CAVOK Air An-74TK-100 UR-CKC as flight CVK7078 arrived in Darwin from Batam, Indonesia on November 26. After overnighting it returned to Batam.

Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-8F B-LJA as flight CPA28 arrived at Wellcamp from Sydney on November 23 before departing the same day for Hong Kong.

American Airlines 777-323ER N734AR as AA9653 arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on November 13 and after publicity events to promote American Airlines commencing LA-Sydney services from December 19 returned to Hong Kong as AA9652.

Xiamen Airlines commenced operations into Sydney on November 30 with 787-8 B-2763 arriving from Fuzhou.

EuroAtlantic Airways 767-383ER CS-TLO as flight MMZ969 arrived in Sydney from Papeete on November 25 and departed to Surakarta, Indonesia on November 27.

Titan Airways 757-256 G-ZAPX arrived in Melbourne from Auckland on November 21 as flight AWC188. The 757 carries High Level Travel titles on its port side and departed for Perth as AWC189 on November 24 before continuing to Langkawi on November 25 as AWC190.

US Air Force 757-2G4/C-32B 99- 6143 callsign ‘Goya 16’ arrived at RAAF Pearce from Pago Pago and Canberra on November 13 before departing for Perth, Brisbane and Pago Pago on November 15.

Malindo Air commenced services into Perth on November 19 with 737-8GP 9M-LNW operating the inaugural MXD151/152 from and to Kuala Lumpur. On November 22 Malindo operated 737-9GP 9M-LNJ on the Kuala Lumpur/Perth route, likely to be the first visit to Australia of a 737-900.

Boeing Company 737-7BC/BBJ N836BA arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu on November 23 before continuing to Canberra.

Nanshan Jet 737-7GJ/BBJ B-8256 arrived in Sydney from Shanghai on November 18 and departed to Bandar Seri Begawan on November 22.

Intera Holdings 737-7HZ/BBJ P4-NGK arrived at Perth from Beijing on November 27 and departed to Dubai on December 6.

Royal Air Force C-17A ZZ173 arrived into Adelaide from Whenuapai on December 3.

Fire attack

Further fire attack aircraft have arrived from overseas for the 2015/16 bushfire season.

Coulson Lockheed EC-130Q/390 N130FF arrived at Avalon on December 1 from Sacramento/ McClellan, Kahului, Majuro and Brisbane. The EC-130Q carries EMV (Emergency Management Victoria) titles on its nose.

Conair RJ85 N355AC/162 arrived at Avalon on November 18 from Abbotsford via Oakland, Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara. On its nose the RJ85 carries EMV titles and Helitak number 391.

Erickson S-64E N6962R/740 Olga departed the Melbourne docks on November 10 on ferry to Essendon, Wagga Wagga and Bankstown.

Erickson S-64E N218AC/734 Elsie arrived at Essendon from the Geelong wharf on November 22. It will be based at Essendon during the fire season and was later noted on December 1 with Kestrel titles and the Helitak number 341.

Erickson S-64E N957AC/738 Ichabod arrived at Essendon from the Geelong wharf on November 22 before continuing to its base at Ballarat on November 24. It later became Helitack 342.

Erickson S-64E N154AC/739 Georgia Peach arrived at the Fremantle docks on December 7 and later moved to its base at Serpentine.

Erickson S-64E N164AC/747 Incredible Hulk was planned to arrive at the Melbourne docks in mid-December before moving to its base at Brukunga in South Australia.

Coulson S-61N C-FCLM/347 spent the winter in storage at Essendon and was being prepared for fire attack duties in late November.

Coulson S-61N C-FMAY/348 which was shipped into Melbourne and was noted test flying from Essendon on November 24.