DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 73msn 213 departed Hamilton on
October 21 on delivery to the
Chinese Sport Parachute Industry at
Wuhan. The delivery was operated
by Hazair of Albury and routed
via Lord Howe Island, Gold Coast,
Longreach, Darwin, Manado and
Laoag.
P-750XL ZK-KDP msn 212 is
also fitted with a skydiving door and
departed Hamilton on November
1 on delivery to the Chinese Sport
Parachute Industry at Nanchang.
Delivery routing was via Lord Howe
Island, Gold Coast, Longreach,
Darwin, Manado and Laoag.
PA46-350P Malibu Mirage
VH-BHRhas been sold in New
Zealand,departing Coffs Harbour
on October 23 for Lord Howe
Island, Auckland and Wellington
where it arrived on October 25.
Kodiak/FP N181KQ, which
transitedAustralia eastbound
between July 6 and July 9 (Traffic/
September), departed Ardmore on
October 20 for Auckland, Cairns,
Darwin and Denpasar where it
arrived on October 22. Kiwi Air
ReimsF406ZK-XLFdeparted
Port Moresby for Cairns and the
Gold Coast on October 10 before
continuing to Lord Howe Island and
Auckland on October 11.
RV-10 ZU-IHFarrivedatthe
GoldCoast from Auckland on
October 4 during a round-the-world
flight. It was later noted at Cairns,
Alice Springs and Bunbury before
departing Broome for Halim on
October 22.
Heavy metal
LuftwaffeA340-300 16+01
as GAF921 arrived in Perth
from Singapore on November 3
before continuing to Sydney on
November 4 and Auckland on
November 5.
Volga-DneprAn-124 RA-82047
as VDA4096/4097 arrived in
Rockhampton from Johor Bahru
and Darwin on October 15. After
loading four RSAF AH-64Ds
it departed to Paya Lebar as
VDA4052 on October 16. As
VDA4053 the Antonov returned to
Rockhampton ex Johor Bahru on
October 19 before departing to Paya
Lebar on October 20.
Three Nippon Cargo freighters
brought in equipment for use in
the Australian MotoGP at Phillip
Island.
Nippon Cargo 747- 8KZF
JA14KZas NCA6177 arrived at
Avalon from Narita on October 17
before returning to Narita as
NCA624 on October 17. It returned
again to Avalon from Narita as
NCA6181 on October 17 before
departing to Narita as NC628 on
October 18.
Nippon Cargo747- 4KZF
JA08KZas NCA6183 arrived at
Avalon from Narita on October 18
before returning to Narita as
NCA630 on October 18.
Nippon Cargo747- 4KZF
JA05KZas NCA6179 arrived at
Avalon from Narita on October 17
before returning to Narita as
NCA626 on October 17.
Taking MotoGP equipment
out of the country were Atlas Air
747- 47F N409MC, which as
QF7581arrived at Avalon from
Sydney on October 24 and departed
the same day as QF7581 to Kuala
Lumpur; and Singapore Cargo
747-412F 9V-SFP as SQ7102
which arrived at Avalon from
Singapore on October 24 and
departed to Kuala Lumpur and
Singapore as SQ7101.
Atlas Air 767-3SI(ER) N640GT
as GTI8187 arrived in Darwin from
Ontario, California and Honolulu
on October 15 and departed to
Guam as GTI8188 on October 17.
Ethiopian Airlines
767-3BG(ER) ET-ALHarrived inDarwin as ETH8805 from Bangkok
on October 22 and returned
to Bangkok as ETH8804 on
October 23. The 767 wears United
Nations titles.
Tui Airways (formerly Thomson
Airways) 757-28A/W G-OOBD
as TOM921 arrived in Cairns from
Apia on October 5 before departing
to Siem Reap on October 7.
Tui Airways 757-28A/W
G-OOBF as TOM922 arrived in
Cairns from Apia on October 9
and departed to Siem Reap on
October 11.
Icelandair 757-27B TF-FIW
callsign ‘Icelandair 1404’ arrived
in Hobart from Auckland on
October 8 and departed to Denpasar
on October 11. The 757 wears
Abercrombie and Kent titles.
Orient Global Aviation 737/74T/
BBJ VP-BEL arrived in Brisbane
from Honolulu and the Gold Coast
on October 29 before departing
to the Gold Coast and Seletar on
November 2.
737-7JB/BBJ VP-CKG arrived
in Sydney from Guangzhou on
October 30 before returning to
Guangzhou on November 2.
Nanshan Jet 737-7GJ/BBJ
B- 5286 arrived in Mackay
from Shanghai and Brisbane on
October 2. It departed Mackay
for Brisbane on October 6 before
returning to Shanghai on October 9.Later in the month on October 31
it transited Darwin while en route
from Auckland to Singapore.
Niger Government 737-75U/
BBJ 5U-GRN Mont Greboun
callsign ‘Niger 1’ arrived in Perth
from Colombo on October 10.
The BBJ departed for Canberra on
October 12 before continuing to
Sydney on October 13 and Jakarta
on October 15.
Air Philippines Dash 8-Q314
RP-C3017 as GAP5007 arrived in
Cairns from Ambon and Darwin on
October 26 for maintenance.
Volga-Dnepr Il-76-90VD
RA 76950 as VDA4076 arrived in
Perth from Jakarta on October 21
before departing to Johor Baru on
October 28 as VDA3097.
Safair L-100-30 ZS-JIV as
SFR530 arrived in Christchurch
from Cocos Island and Adelaide on
October 18. As in previous years
the L-100 will be operating flights
for the Italian Antarctic expedition.
On October 24/25 ZS-JIV operated
a return flight from Christchurch to
TerraNovaBay.
10 Tanker Air CarrierDC-10-3 0
N522AX/912 arrived at RAAF
Richmond on October 31 from San
Bernadino via Honolulu and Pago
Pago. The DC-10 is planned to
remain in south-east Australia for
the duration of the 2017/18 bushfire
season.Government of Niger BBJ 5U-GRN at Sydney
Airport.LUKE MCDERMOTTLuftwaffe A340-300 16+01 arrives in
Perth on November 3.DUNCAN WATKINSON