54 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017
Bizjets 2017
Challenger 601-1A VH-JEC
from GSA Industries to Business
Aviation Solutions of Tugun,
Queensland on May 2.
Learjet60VH-NPPfrom
Pacific Flight Services to Avcair of
Hamilton, Queensland on May 2.
Learjet 36A VH-JCXfrom
Jet City to Turbojet Holdings of
Tullamarine, Victoria on May 31.
Global Express VH-SGAfrom
SGAviation Australia to Business
Aviation Solutions of Tugun,
Queensland on June 7.
Falcon 20F-5 VH-PNYfrom
National Australia Bank to Falconair
of Beaconsfield, NSW on July 17.
Falcon 50 VH-FJQfrom
Falcon 50 P/L to Business Aviation
Solutions of Tugun, Queensland on
July 17.
Citation III VH-SSZfrom
ExecuJet Australia to Business
Aviation Solutions of Tugun,
Queensland on July 20.
Citation Mustang VH-MHO
from Flight Options (Australia) to
Tadmar Investments of Mudjimba,
Queensland on July 21.
Citation Ultra VH-WFE
from Trump Aviation to Forbes
Investment Fund of Coolangatta on
July 25.
Citation Mustang VH-MSU
from Avia Aviation, toDSFisherof
Surrey Hills, Victoria on August 29.
Learjet 35A VH-VLJfrom
MarcplanCharter to GoJet of North
Nowra on September 28.
Citation Mustang VH-NEQ
from VH-NEQP/L to Airmed
Australia of Georges Hall, NSW on
September 29.
Learjet60VH-ANDfrom
Seletar Jet Charter to Pacific Flight
Services of Condell Park, NSW on
October 3.
Citation Ultra VH-MMC
from Flight Options (Australia) to
Mackellar Mining Equipment of
Maroochydore, QLD on October 12.
Reregistrations
Learjet 35A LX-LAR,which
was delivered to Nowra on
October 31 ’16, was registered
VH-LPFto Air Affairs (Australia)
onNovember 21 ’16.
Citation Mustang ZK-JAKto
ZK-VXMfor JAK Air of Rotorua
onDecember 12 ’16.
Learjet 35A ZK-XVLto
VH-LJA for Air Affairs (Australia)
on December 18 ‘16.
Learjet 35A ZS-IGP, which
was delivered to Jandakot on
October 30 ’16, was registered
VH-ZSXto Formula Aircraft of
Jandakot on December 7 ’16.
Citation II VH-FOJto
E5-TCMfor Pacific Private Jet of
Rarotonga in late December ’16.
Learjet 35A VH-ZSXto
VH-IJGon February 1 for Formula
Aircraft of Jandakot.
Phenom 300 N217CB, which
was delivered to Essendon on
December 15 ’16, had been
reregisteredN227SLby January 17.
Learjet60XRM-IGHT,
which was delivered to Rotorua
on August 15 ’16, was registered
ZK-JAKto JAK Air of Rotorua on
February 8.
Gulfstream G650ER N650PA,
which was delivered to Melbourne
onJune 19 ’16, was registered
VH-LALto Little Aviation on
March 10.
Learjet 35A VH-YPTto
VH-LJU for Air Affairs (Australia)
on March 31.
Challenger 601 VH-NSB to
VH-JEC for J Group Aviation of
Melbourne on May 2.
Citation Mustang ZK-RJZ to
VH-FNI for B P Finn of Cairns on
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Citation I VH-HKX, which was
parked at Maroochydore, was
parted out and removed from the
airport in late August. However, the
aircraft still remains current on the
Australian register.
Aircraft Group Holdings
Citation 1 VH-EGK was cancelled
from the register on July 21. This
aircraft was previously registered
VH-EMM and still carrying thesemarks when parted out at Essendon
in March ’13.
Palmer Aviation Global Express
M-ATAR, which was parked at
Sydney for most of 2016, departed
on December 31 of that year for
Nadi and onwards to Oakland
County airport at Pontiac, Michigan.
Learjet 24D N174RD, which
has been resident at Camden, NSW
since January ’05, was cancelled
from the US register on August 19
’10 as ‘exported to Australia’. The
Learjet however was never placed
on the Australian register and on
September 23 ’13 it returned to the
US register as N174RD.Demo flights
The Australian International
Airshow held at Avalon, Victoria
from February 28 to March 5
attracted the bulk of demonstration
aircraft to Australia and New
Zealand in the period under review.
Global 5000 N755RA of Zetta
Jet was displayed at Avalon on
March 1.
Citation Latitude N626LA
arrived in Brisbane from Manila
and Darwin on February 23
before departing to Christchurch
and Auckland on February 24. It
arrived at Avalon from Auckland
on February 27 and departed on
March 4 to Broome and Halim.
Falcon 8X F-HFSD arrived at
Avalon from Subang on February 26
and was displayed from February 28
to March 4 before it departed to
Auckland on March 4.
Gulfstream G650ER N650ER
was demonstrated at Perth, Sydney
and Essendon before arriving at
Avalon on February 27. It was
displayed at Avalon for the duration
of the show before departing toHonolulu on March 6.
Gulfstream G550 N550AU
arrived at Avalon from Honolulu
on February 27 before it returned to
Honolulu on March 6.
Gulfstream 280 N280GD
arrived at Essendon from Singapore
on February 26 before moving to
Avalon on February 27. It remained
at Avalon until March 6 when it
departed for Seletar.
Legacy 450 N801EE arrived
in Avalon on February 27 from
Manila, Darwin, Brisbane and
Sydney. It was displayed at Avalon
until March 4 when it departed to
Essendon before continuing to Perth
on March 6 and Halim on March 8.
Citation X+ N510CX arrived in
Brisbane from Seletar and Darwin
on April 30 and later visited Sydney
on May 3 before continuing to
Christchurch and Auckland on
May 4.
Citation CJ3+ N485CZ arrived
at Archerfield on June 21 from
Halim and Darwin and was later
demonstrated at Wellcamp, Camden
and Brisbane before moving to New
Zealand on June 24 where it was
noted at Auckland and Christchurch.
N485CZ arrived at Sydney on
June 27 and was later noted at
Bankstown, Forbes, Warrnambool,
Moorabbin and Alice Springs before
departing Darwin for Minado on
June 30.
Citation Sovereign+ N578AB
arrived in Brisbane from Seletar
and Darwin on July 29 and was
demonstrated at West Wellcamp and
Hamilton Island before departing
Brisbane for Auckland on August 1.
The Sovereign departed Auckland
for Sydney on August 3 followed by
visits to Essendon and Kalgoorlie
before departing Brisbane for
Darwin and Seletar on August 8.
N578AB returned to Brisbane from
Seletar and Darwin on October 17
before continuing to Sydney on
October 18 and departing on
October 19 for Darwin and Seletar.
Citation Latitude N985BC
arrived in Darwin from Songshan
on August 31 before visiting
Sydney, Mudgee and Hamilton
Island. N985BC departed Sydney
for Darwin and Seletar on
September 4, and later arrived
at Essendon on September 30
from Manila and Darwin before
continuing to Brisbane. It departed
Sydney on October 3 for Darwin
and Seletar.The interior of Gulfstream G200 demonstrator
N280GD on display during the Avalon Airshow.