Traffic

747-438 VH-OJS operated QF5 from Sydney to Singapore on March 4 and then ferried as QF6015 to Hong Kong on March 5 for planned maintenance.

747-438ER VH-OEF operated an Antarctic flight from and to Perth on January 26 as QF2096.

A330-303 VH-QPJ had special rainbow marks in support of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras applied in Sydney before returning to service on February 10 as QF433 from Sydney to Melbourne.

QantasLink ferried Fokker 100 VH-NHY as NWK6684 from Perth to Port Hedland and Seletar on February 18 for planned maintenance.

Jetstar ferried 787-8 VH-VKG from Melbourne to Hong Kong as JQ8995 on February 4 for planned maintenance. VH-VKG ferried from Hong Kong to Melbourne as JQ8996 on February 19 on completion of its maintenance.

787-8 VH-VKH as JQ8998 arrived in Melbourne from Singapore on January 26 after completion of planned maintenance.

A321-231 VH-VWU as JQ8993 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar on February 1 for planned maintenance before returning to Melbourne as JQ8992 from Seletar and Darwin on February 23.

Other Jetstar aircraft undergoing maintenance in Singapore in this period included:
A321-231 VH-VWZ at Seletar from February 2 to March 1; A320-232 VH-VFV at
Singapore from February 19; A320-232 VH-VGZ in Singapore from February 15;
A320-232 VH-VQJ at Seletar from February 1 to February 26; A320-232 VH-VQL at Seletar from March 1 and A320-232 VH-VQU at Seletar from February 23.
Jetstar Japan has added A320-232/WL JA21JJ msn 5885 to their fleet with the aircraft departing Toulouse for Abu Dhabi on February 25 on the first leg of its delivery flight to Japan.

Airline News

Air New Zealand ferried 777-319ER ZK-OKM as NZ6019 from Auckland to Singapore on February 6 for planned maintenance.

767-319ER ZK-NCG, ZK-NCI and ZK-NCJ have reportedly been sold to US company 30 West.

767-319ER ZK-NCJ which was stored at Auckland (Traffic/December) was cancelled from the New Zealand register on January 25 as ‘exported’ On February 1 767-319ER N930WE ex ZK-NCJ was registered to the Bank of Utah in Salt Lake City and on February 13 as JTN6181 it ferried from Auckland to Alice Springs where it was placed in storage.

767-319ER TF-ISP which is the former ZK-NCK departed Xiamen on February 11 for Keflavik and delivery to Icelandair.

767-319ER TF-ISW which is the former ZK-NCL departed Xiamen on February 25 for Keflavik and delivery to Icelandair.

Cobham ferried ERJ 190-100LR VH-NJA from Perth to Port Hedland and Subang on February 11 with the aircraft destined for Warsaw for planned maintenance.

Fiji Airways ferried 737-808/W DQ-FJN from Nadi to Cairns and Seletar on February 22 for planned maintenance.
JetGo took delivery of ERJ-140 (EMB-135KL) N295SK in Brisbane on January 18 (Traffic/March) and registered the aircraft VH-ZJE on January 27. ERJ-140 (EMB-135KL) VH-ZJE entered service with JetGo on February 3 when it operated JGO63 from Brisbane to Tamworth.

Virgin Group news.

In this issue we report the departure of a Virgin Australia E190-100IGW

Virgin Australia scheduled their final VOZ29 from Sydney to Abu Dhabi on February 2 with 777-3ZGER VH-VPD operating the service. The following day VH-VPD ferried from Abu Dhabi to Singapore as VOZ9940 for planned maintenance and on completion VH-VPD as VOZ9940 ferried from Singapore to Brisbane (arrive February 19).

777-3ZGER VH-VPE ferried from Brisbane to Singapore as VOZ9941 on February 19 for planned maintenance and on completion VH-VPE as VOZ9940 ferried from Singapore to Brisbane on March 4.

777-3ZGER VH-VPF as VOZ30 operated the final service from Abu Dhabi to Sydney (arrive February 4).

A330-243 VH-XFG as VOZ9943 was ferried from Melbourne to Paya Lebar on March 6 for planned maintenance.

737-8FE VH-VOR which had been operating with TigerAir (see below) was ferried as VOZ9903 from Melbourne to Townsville on March 2 where it was painted in an all-white colour scheme. VH-VOR was then returned to the Virgin Australia fleet for a period to support some short-term flying requirements with the aircraft re-entering service on March 11 as VOZ313 from Melbourne to Brisbane.

737-8FE VH-VUE ferried from Seletar to Brisbane as VOZ9942 on February 5 after completing its maintenance.
E190-100IGW VH-ZPM was withdrawn from service in Brisbane on February 5 after operating VOZ1405 from Adelaide. The following day VH-ZPM which had terminated its lease departed Brisbane as VOZ9901 for Nashville via Apia, Honolulu and Van Nuys.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA ferried A320-232 VH-YUD as VOZ9941 from Perth to Seletar on February 27 for planned maintenance. VH-YUD as VOZ9942 returned to Perth from Seletar on March 10.
Fokker 100 VH-FWH which had been at Seletar for planned maintenance since January 16 (Traffic/March) returned to Perth via Port Hedland as VOZ9942 on March 2.

ATR 72-600 VH-FVY was ferried from Brisbane to Nelson as VOZ9948 on February 13 for planned maintenance with the aircraft returning from Nelson to Brisbane as VOZ9949 on March 4.

TigerAir temporarily withdrew 737-8FE VH-VOR from service on February 24 after it arrived Melbourne from Perth as TGG416/23. See Virgin Australia for further news on this aircraft.

737-8FE VH-VOY was temporarily withdrawn from TigerAir service on February 26 after operating TGG416 from Perth to Melbourne.

737-8FE VH-VUB was temporarily withdrawn from TigerAir service on February 26 after operating TGG279 from Sydney to Melbourne.

737-8FE VH-VUD continues to operate staff training flights for TigerAir mainly on the Melbourne to Adelaide route.
A320-232 VH-VND as TGG9002 was ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark International on February 2 for planned maintenance. On February 14 VH-VND as TGG9003 ferried from Clark to Darwin and Melbourne.

A320-232 VH-VNF as TGG9002 was ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Clark on February 14 for planned maintenance.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the departure of an ATR 72-500 of Air Caledonie and a DHC-6-200 which was last operated by Karratha Air Services.

Air Caledonie has terminated their lease on ATR 72-500 F-OIPN with the aircraft moving to operations with Buddha Air of Nepal. On February 2 now registered 9N-AMD the ATR 72-500 departed Noumea for Cairns and Kupang.

Air Chathams became the registered owner of Convair 580F ZK-FTA, Convair 580F ZK-KFH and Convair 580F ZK-KFJ on February 6 with all three aircraft were previously operated by Air Freight NZ. It is reported that all three aircraft will be reduced to produce.

Convair 580F ZK-FTA was ferried from Palmerston North to Auckland on February 6 using the call sign ‘Chathams 580’.

Air Vanuatu ferried ATR 72-500 YJ-AV72 from Port Vila to Cairns on February 26 on termination of its lease with the aircraft later continuing to Kupang and Seletar.

Hevilift ferried DHC-6-400 P2-IRN which is reported to be for sale was ferried from Port Moresby to Cairns on February 3.

Karratha Air Services was the last recorded Australian operator of DHC-6-200 VH-XFM before it was ferried from Karratha to Cairns via ports in early February ’16. VH-XFM was then ferried to Canada in April ’16 however it was January 24 ’17 before it was cancelled from the Australian register. Although now operated by Ryebridge Air of North Vancouver the Twin Otter was registered N164BA to the Bank of Utah in Salt Lake City on February 3.

MAF took delivery of Cessna 208 N71367 msn 20800578 at Mareeba on August 25 ’16 (Traffic/October). Later registered P2-MAH the Cessna 208 departed Mareeba on March 6 for Horn Island and Mount Hagen.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the delivery of a Falcon 900C while departing was a Challenger 604, Citation 11 and two King Air 200C.

Falcon 900C VH-OAA was registered on February 2 with the holder Charreo P/L of Essendon Fields, Victoria and the operator Shortstop Jet Charter of Essendon. The Falcon 900C VH-OAA msn 188 ex F-HDSD was delivered to Essendon on February 6 after arriving from Paris/Le Bourget via Al Maktoum and Johor Bahru.

WGH Aviation Challenger 604 VH-VRE was cancelled from the register on February 9 when sold in the United States. VH-VRE had earlier departed Brisbane on February 5 for Nadi and the United States where it was later registered N604LP on February 9 to the Bank of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Little Aviation Gulfstream 650ER N650PA was cancelled from the US register on March 6 as exported to Australia. It is presumed that the Gulfstream 650ER will take up the registration VH-LAL which was previously carried by the Little Aviation Gulfstream 550.

MyJet Aviation Citation 11 VH-JMM 551-0036 was cancelled from the register on February 14 when sold in the Philippines.

Learjet 60 M-IGHT which was delivered to Rotorua on August 15 ’16 (Traffic/October) was cancelled from the Isle of Man register on February 3. Learjet 60 ZK-JAK ex M-IGHT was registered to JAK Air of Rotorua on February 8.
Learjet 35A VH-ZSX changed its registration to VH-IJG on February 1. Registered holder of VH-ZSX is Formula Aircraft P/L of Jandakot while the operator is Aus West Airlines (2010) P/L of Jandakot.

Sovereign VH-VPL was noted at Essendon on February 20 now carrying the titles RACQ Lifeflight.

Citation 11 E5-TCM ex VH-FOJ (Traffic/March) which is operated by Pacific Private Jet departed Hamilton on February 28 for Auckland, Nuku’alofa and Raratonga.

Citation Mustang N1956A msn 510-0305 arrived Darwin from Ujung Pandang and Dili on February 23. N1956A was later noted at Broome and Meekatharra before arriving at Jandakot on February 28.

Phenom 300 N227SL ex N217CB (Traffic/March) which was noted at Essendon on January 17 has been registered to the Wells Fargo Bank of Salt Lake City however the aircraft is being operated by a private owner from Warnambool, Victoria.

In Propjet news King Air 350i VH-KQD was noted at Cairns on February 26 now carrying RAAF titles and rondel. The King Air 350i then registered N5108B was delivered to Bankstown on March 17 ’16 (Traffic/November) and was registered VH-KQD to Hawker Pacific on November 1 ’16.

King Air 200C N797KD ex VH-NQA which was registered to Dodson International Parts of Rantoul, Kansas on November 7 ‘16 departed Camden for the US on March 1.

King Air 200C N521FT ex VH-NTH which was registered to IAL Corporation of Wilmington/DE ferried in company with N797KD. The Pacific crossing from Sydney to Santa Maria/CA was made via Norfolk Island, Pago Pago, Christmas Island, Honolulu and Hilo.

King Air B200 VH-ZCR was tragically destroyed at Essendon on February 21 with the resultant loss of all on board.
King Air 90 VH-LYG of the Moorabin Flight Training Academy was cancelled from the register on February 8 as sold in the USA. The same day the King Air 90 was registered N807ZA to Alliance Air Parts of Oklahoma City.

PC-12/47E VH-PIL was re-registered VH-KWZ on February 5 with the holder Pilatus Australia of Adelaide and the operator Pegasus Air P/L of Kent Town, SA.

Gulfstreams galore

Gulfstream 650 N277FL arrived Melbourne from Guangzhou on January 30 and later visited the Gold Coast before departing Cairns for Guangzhou on February 6.

Nanshan Jet Gulfstream 650ER N566NS arrived Sydney from Yantai on January 26. On January 31 N566NS operated a return flight to Albury while on February 4 it operated a return flight to Melbourne. N566NS departed Sydney for Yantai on February 7.

Gulfstream 650 N650FJ which arrived Melbourne from Macau on January 29 (Traffic/March) returned to Macau on February 1.

Gulfstream 650ER N898NC departed Sydney for Essendon on February 1 before continuing to Papeete on February 4.

Gulfstream 650 VP-CYL arrived Melbourne from Hong Kong on January 27 before continuing to Sydney on February 1. VP-CYL departed Sydney for Hong Kong on February 5.

Gulfstream 650ER VP-CYZ as TBJ87 arrived Hobart from Shenzhen on January 29 before departing to Launceston and Sydney on February 3. VP-CYZ departed Sydney for Hangzhou on February 4.

Gulfstream 550 N260Z arrived Melbourne from Haneda on February 27 and departed to U-Tapao on February 28.
Gulfstream 550 N344RS arrived Canberra from Honolulu on February 28 and departed Melbourne for Honolulu on March 3.

Gulfstream 550 N897NC arrived Sydney from Honolulu on January 28 before continuing to Essendon on January 31 and Honolulu on February 1.

Gulfstream 550 N999HZ arrived Sydney from Shenzhen on February 2 and departed Melbourne for Honolulu on February 4.

Chevron Gulfstream 550 N5092 arrived Port Hedland from Seletar on February 10 before continuing to Broome on February 12.

LGM Property Services Gulfstream 550 M-ARDI arrived Melbourne from Honolulu on February 1 before continuing to Brisbane on February 2. M-ARDI departed Brisbane for Honolulu on February 3.

Tiburton Equipment Gulfstream V N1GN arrived Melbourne from Honolulu on February 22 and was later noted at Sydney, Maroochydore and Cairns before departing Townsville for Honolulu on February 27.

Johnson and Johnson Gulfstream V N600J arrived Sydney from Honolulu on February 6 before departing to Delhi on February 8.

Deer Jet Gulfstream V B-8108 arrived Hamilton Island from Honolulu and Cairns on February 17 before departing to Cairns and Honolulu on February 20.

Gulfstream 450 VP-CTH arrived Perth from Halim on February 7.

Overseas bizjets

NetJets Europe Global 6000 CS-GLG call sign ‘Fraction 854 Bravo’ arrived Sydney from Honolulu on February 12 before departing to Gimpo on February 14.

LVMH Services Global 6000 F-GVMI arrived Melbourne from Singapore on February 13 before continuing to Sydney on February 14. F-GVMI departed Sydney for Auckland on February 15.

RB Aircraft Leasing Global Express N801KF arrived Sydney from Auckland on February 20 and later visited Adelaide and Avalon before departing Sydney for Auckland on February 23.

Aviation Jolina Global Express C-GSAP arrived Sydney from Honolulu on February 19 before continuing to Melbourne on February 22. C-GSAP departed Melbourne for Honolulu on February 24.

BBD Aviation Challenger 650 C-GZKL arrived Sydney from Subang on February 20.

The Challenger was demonstrated at both Sydney and Essendon before departing Essendon for Guam on February 24.

FAI Aviation Challenger 604 D-AFAD as IFA1134 arrived Sydney from Halim on March 2 and departed to Denpasar as IFA1140 on March 4

Canadian Armed Forces Challenger 604/CC-144C 144617 arrived Canberra from Nadi on March 3 and departed to RAAF Pearce and Kuala Lumpur on March 7.

Maritime Sales & Leasing Learjet 36A N41GJ arrived Canberra from Majuro and Honiara on February 2 and departed to Nadi and Pago Pago on February 3.

Premier Jets Learjet 36A N363PJ arrived Melbourne from Honiara on February 22 before departing on February 23.
Flying Lions Falcon 7X VP-BZE arrived Perth from Cape Town on March 6 before continuing to Brisbane on March 7.

Bechtel Falcon 900EX N980SF arrived Perth from Noumea on February 9 and after over-nighting departed to Onslow. N980SF departed Onslow for Port Hedland and Halim on February 12.

Wincor Aviation Falcon 2000LX M-SNER which arrived at the Gold Coast on January 21 (Traffic/March) later visited Sydney and Ayers Rock before departing Broome for Mattala, Sri Lanka on March 4.

Aerolineas Del Pacifico Westwind RP-C5988 arrived Sydney from Balikpapan, Darwin and Mount Isa on February 3 and departed to Alice Springs, Port Hedland and Yogyakarta on February 4.

Avalon bizjets

The Australian International Airshow held at Avalon, Victoria from February 28 to March 5 attracted a number of overseas registered bizjets for display.

Zetta Jet Global 5000 N755RA was a day visitor to Avalon from Essendon on March 1. N755RA had earlier arrived at Essendon from Kuala Lumpur and after its Avalon visit departed Essendon for Kuala Lumpur on March 2.

Citation Latitude N626LA arrived at Avalon from Auckland on February 27 and departed on March 4 for Broome and Halim. N626LA had earlier arrived at Brisbane on February 23 from Manila and Darwin.

Falcon 8X F-HFSD arrived at Avalon from Subang on February 26 and departed to Auckland on March 4.

Gulfstream 650ER N650ER arrived at Avalon from Essendon on February 27 and departed to Honolulu on March 6. Prior to its arrival at Avalon the Gulfstream 650ER was demonstrated to interested parties at Perth, Sydney and Essendon.

Gulfstream 550 N550AU arrived at Avalon from Honolulu on February 27 and departed to Honolulu on March 6.

Gulfstream 280 N280GD arrived at Avalon from Essendon on February 27 and departed Avalon for Seletar on March 6. Prior to its arrival at Avalon the Gulfstream 280 had arrived at Essendon from Singapore on February 26.
Legacy 450 N801EE arrived at Avalon from Sydney on February 27 and departed on March 4 for Essendon before continuing to Perth on March 6 and Halim on March 8. Prior to its arrival at Avalon N801EE arrived in Sydney on February 24 from Manila, via Darwin and Brisbane.

Locally based bizjets displayed at Avalon were Challenger 604 N604AU; Citation M2 VH-WMY; Falcon 2000EX VH-WIO; Falcon 50 VH-FOL; Phenom 300 N227SL and Learjet 45 VH-LJQ while visiting the show were Gulfstream 350 VH-NKD; Citation Ultra VH-WFE and CitationJet CJ3 VH-NNE.

Avalon propjets

The following propjets were displayed at Avalon.

Oxford Aviation Academy King Air C90GTi VH-NTX.

Cessna 208B N271EX arrived at Avalon from Denpasar, Broome, Kununurra, Alice Springs and Broken Hill on February 24 and departed on March 6 to Brisbane where it over-nighted before continuing to Noumea.

Avanti 11 VH-ICK which was flown in from its Essendon base.

PC-21 HB-HWA which carried the RAAF serial A54-001 and PC-21 HB-HWB which carried the RAAF serial A54-002 arrived at Avalon from RAAF East Sale on February 20 before returning there on March 6. Prior to their move to Avalon the PC-21’s ferried to East Sale from Seletar, Denpasar, Kupang, Darwin Mount Isa and Brisbane.

PC-12/47E VH-VTF arrived at Avalon from Adelaide on February 27.

TBM 900 VH-LZJ which is based at Jandakot arrived Avalon from Essendon on February 26 before returning to Essendon on March 5.

Ferry flights

Aircare Aviation AT-802 VH-WXH arrived at Broome from Halim on January 29.

Cessna 208B N208TD msn 208B-0849 arrived Wollongong on March 7 after ferrying in from Ho Chi Minh City, Yap, Guam, Horn Island and Redcliffe.

Cessna 208B N1412A msn 208B-2412 was delivered to Adelaide on February 4 after ferrying in from Merced/CA via Honolulu, Majuro, Honiara, Gold Coast and Goulburn.

Cessna 172S VH-OGY has been sold in New Zealand and on February 8 it departed Bankstown for Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island before continuing the following day to Auckland and Ardmore where it was later registered ZK-JRG.

Cirrus SR-22 N438NZ msn 4438 arrived at Auckland on February 15 from Tracy/CA via Hilo and Pago Pago.

Cirrus SR-22 N108PM msn 4428 which is registered to an owner in Mudgee, NSW arrived at the Gold Coast from Pago Pago on February 1.

Cirrus SR-22 N436RP msn 4436 completed its Trans-Pacific ferry flight at the Gold Coast on February 8 after arriving from Tracy/CA via Hilo and Pago Pago. Travelling in company with N436RP across the Pacific was Cirrus SR-22 N767SR msn 4435. N436RP and N767SR were later displayed at the Australian International airshow.

Cirrus SR-22 N313CD arrived at the Gold Coast from Darwin on February 22 and departed to Norfolk Island on February 24.

Diamond DA-42NG N25HS arrived Broome from Denpasar on February 16 and was later noted at Essendon on March 10.

P-750XL ZK-KDL msn 208 which was on delivery to Freefall Thailand departed Hamilton for Auckland on February 6 before continuing to Norfolk Island, Gold Coast, Longreach, Tennant Creek, Broome and Denpasar where it arrived on February 12.

P-750XL ZK-KDI msn 206 is reportedly on order for the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.

P-750XL ZK-KDO msn 211 was registered to Pacific Aerospace on March 7.

Australian Aerial Surveys P-750XL VH-EAJ has been sold in the United States with the aircraft departing the Gold Coast for Noumea on February 7. VH-EAJ was later noted arriving Davis/CA from Hollister on February 14. P-750XL VH-EAJ was registered N750VX on February 23 to Randigo of Wilmington/DE. In Traffic/March we mentioned that VH-EAJ was cancelled from the register on January 9 however this was apparently in error as it was re-instated on January 25 before being cancelled again on February 16.

PC-12/47E VH-VTF departed the Gold Coast for Auckland on February 13 and after being demonstrated in New Zealand returned to Archerfield from Auckland and Lord Howe Island on February 21.

PA31-325 VH-OOI which is registered to Cockles of Albany, WA ferried from Norfolk Island to Ceduna via Lord Howe Island, Sydney, Bankstown and Adelaide on February 15/16.

PA-32-301 N8056P departed Darwin for Denpasar on February 22.

Coulson Sikorsky S-76B C-FIRW which is marketed as a ‘Firewatch 76’ arrived at Essendon by road from the Melbourne docks on February 11. The S-76B also carried Emergency Management Victoria titles and the code Firebird 322.

Hallin Aviation TBM-700 N755JG arrived Darwin from Ujung Pandang on February 23 and was later noted at Alice Springs, Essendon and the Gold Coast before departing Port Hedland for Christmas Island and Seletar on March 1.

Heavy metal

White Airways A319-115(LR) CS-TFU call sign White 4237 arrived Sydney from Jakarta on January 29 before returning to Jakarta on January 30.

RAF A330-343MRTT ZZ330 ‘Ascot 2728’ arrived Perth from Nairobi on February 17 and after over-nighting departed as ‘Ascot 2729’ for Diego Garcia.

CargoLogicAir 747-8F G-CLAB as CLU9036 arrived Avalon from Barcelona and PEN/Penang on February 17 and later the same day departed for Hong Kong as CLU9937.

Kalitta Air 747-481F N401KZ as flight CKS478 arrived Darwin from Anchorage on February 7. The 747-481F then operated a return flight to Tindal on February 9 before departing Darwin for Osan as CKS479 in the early hours of February 10.

Kalitta Air 747-481F N403KZ as flight CKS478 arrived in Darwin from Anchorage on February 6 before operating a return flight to Tindal on February 8. N403KZ as flight CKS9479 departed Darwin for Guam on February 9.

Singapore Airlines 777-212ER 9V-SVA ferried from Singapore to Alice Springs on February 7 where on arrival it was placed in storage.

Omni Aviation 767-328 N342AX as OAE335 arrived Tindal from Nagoya/NGO and Darwin on February 5 before returning to Darwin. N342AX departed Darwin for Chubu on February 6.

Aeronexus 767-35D(ER) ZS-NEX which was operating on charter to Guns N Roses arrived Brisbane from Auckland as ARN1A on February 5. ZS-NEX was later noted at Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide before departing Perth for Singapore on February 22.

El-Al Israel 767-352ER 4X-EAR as ELY33 arrived Sydney from Singapore on February 22 and departed to Hong Kong as ELY34 on February 26.

Boeing 737 MAX 8 N8704Q departed Darwin on February 3 on completion of further testing (Traffic/March) for Guam, Honolulu and Boeing Field.

ACM Air Charter 737-8JM/BBJ2 D-AACM call sign ‘Bavarian 15’ arrived Brisbane from Los Angeles and Apia on February 16.

GAMA Aviation 737-8LX/BBJ2 VP-BBZ which arrived Melbourne on January 13 (Traffic/March) departed for Halim on January 30.

Indonesian Government 737-8U3/BBJ2 A-001 arrived in Sydney from Halim on February 25 before returning there on February 26.

Deer Jet 737-7AK/BBJ B-5266 arrived Melbourne from Queenstown on January 30 before departing to Canberra on February 1. B-5266 continued to Sydney on February 2 before departing for Hong Kong on February 4.

PAL Express Dash 8-Q314 RP-C3016 which had arrived Cairns for maintenance on December 24 (Traffic/March) departed on February 10 for Darwin and Ambon.

Avalon heavy metal

Canadian Armed Forces Lockheed CC-130J-30 130601 ‘Ghost 1’ arrived Avalon from Whenuapai and Melbourne on March 1 and departed to Nadi on March 6.

French Air Force CASA 235 065 c/s F-RAIC arrived Avalon from Noumea and Sydney on February 27 and departed for Sydney and Noumea on March 6.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767J/767-2FK(ER) 97-3603 arrived Avalon from Ohakea on February 27 and departed to Nagoya on March 2.

Republic of Singapore Air Force KC-135R 753 ‘SAF3710’ arrived Avalon from Amberley on February 27 after refueling Singapore Air Force F-15SG 8321 and F-15SG 8323 which were inbound to Avalon from Ohakea The KC-135R and the F-15SG departed Avalon for Darwin on March 6 and after over-nightng the KC-135R continued to Singapore while the F-15SG departed to Paya Lebar.

Singapore Air Force Lockheed C-130H 731 ‘SAF9753’ arrived Avalon from Ohakea on February 27 and departed to Darwin on March 6 and Paya Lebar on March 7.

Singapore Air Force Lockheed C-130H 734 ‘SAF9754’ arrived Avalon from Ohakea on February 27 and departed to Darwin on March 6 and Paya Lebar on March 7.

Royal Air Force A400M ZM401 ‘Ascot 4101’ arrived at Avalon from Whenuapai and Hobart on February 27 and departed to Pearce on March 3. From Pearce the A400M continued to Halim on March 5.

Royal New Zealand Air Force 757-2K2 NZ7572 c/s Kiwi 933 arrived from and departed to Wellington on March 1.
Lockheed C-130H NZ7004 c/s Kiwi 843 departed Avalon for Whenuapia on March 5.

US Air Force/Travis KC-10A 79-1950 ‘Reach 081’ and US Air Force/Travis KC-10A 86-0038 ‘Reach 082’ arrived Melbourne from Hickam on March 4.

US Air Force/Nebraska ANG KC-135R 63-8018 arrived Avalon from RAAF Tindal on February 25 and departed to Guam on February 26. Flying in company with the KC-135R from Tindal were F-22A 05090/AK, 07139/AK and 07151/AK.

US Air Force KC-135R 62-3561 Young Tigers/ZZ ‘Reach 061’ arrived Avalon from Christchurch on February 28. Flying in company with the KC-135R across the Tasman were US Air Force F-16C 91-0422/WW ‘Pine51’ and F-16C 92-3887/WW ‘Pine 52’.

US Navy P-8A 168439 ‘Lancr11’ arrived Avalon on March 2 from Kadena and Darwin and departed to Cairns and Kadena on March 6.

US Air Force B-1B 86-0123/DY ‘Force 1’ arrived Avalon from Guam on March 1 and departed to Guam on March 6.
Volga Dnepr Antonov An-124 RA-82046 as VDA2064 arrived at Avalon from Mesa, Arizona and Honolulu on February 24. As cargo the An-124 carried US Army Boeing AH-64E Apache 1603112 and after assembly this aircraft was displayed at the show. The An-124 as VDA2066 departed Avalon for Sydney on March 6 before continuing to Honolulu on March 7.