Australian Aviation — January 2018

114 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION

November 24.
Heavylift (Australia)ferriedATR 42-320
VH-YWHex P2-KSR from Cairns to
Brisbane on November 23.
PNG Airtook delivery of
ATR 72-600(QC) P2-ATF at Port Moresby
on November 16 after the aircraft
ferried in from Ujung Pandang.
Tropicair ferried DHC-6-300 P2-TBM
from Cairns to Port Moresby on
November 24 after the former
Southwest DHC-6-300, then
registered P2-SWE, finished its
planned maintenance and repaint
(Traffic/November).
Vortex Airof Moorabbin cancelled
Cessna 208B VH-IOV208B-1174 from
the register on October 31 after
the aircraft was sold to Pacific Air
Holdings of Shawnee, Oklahoma
asN842PH.However, as of early
December N842PH was reported
still to be at Moorabbin. Vortex Air
became the registered operator of
Cessna 208B VH-LWAon October 26.

FERRY FLIGHTS
In this issue we report the delivery
of a Cessna 208B to Milford Sound
Flights and a Cessna 208A to Air
Milford and the departure of a
P-750XL to the Chinese Sport
Parachute Industry.
Cessna 208B ZK-MCImsn 208B-1019
was registered to Milford Sound
Flights of Queenstown on
November 22. The Grand Caravan,
then registeredN578AZto Southern
Wings Aircraft Sales of Oklahoma
City, had ferried into Dunedin
on November 13 from Merced/
California via Honolulu, Apia,
Auckland and Ardmore.
Cessna 208A N253PV
msn 208A-00605 was delivered
to Air Milford at Queenstown
on December 4 after the aircraft
ferried in from Wichita via
Colorado Springs, Merced,
Honolulu, Apia and Auckland.
Cessna 208B ZK-PDZ 208B-0250 ex

VH-SFX was registered to Skydive

Queenstown on December 5

(Traffic/December).

CGG Aviation (Australia)Cessna

208B VH-ZKGarrived at Broome from

Denpasar on November 1.

Avia Spirit SentosaCessna

208B PK-FSGarrived at Cairns from

Merauke on November 6 before

it returned to Merauke on

November 8.

Cessna 182T VH-KHW departed

Latrobe Valley for Port Macquarie

on November 5 before continuing

the following day to Lord Howe

Island, Kerikeri and Tauranga.

On November 28 the Cessna was

placed on the New Zealand register

as ZK-RHW.

Cessna 182F VH-CDN arrived

in Darwin from Halim on

November 16.

P-750XL ZK-KDN msn 209, which

was on delivery to the Chinese

Sport Parachute Industry,

departed Hamilton on November

9 for the Gold Coast, Longreach,

Darwin, Manado, Laoag and

Taiyuan Wusu where it arrived on

November 18.

P-750XL ZK-KDJmsn 207 has

been parked at Darwin since

December 3 ’16 after arriving there

from Hamilton. On November 21

the P-750XL departed Darwin for

Longreach, the ferry flight then

continuing to the Gold Coast,

Lord Howe Island, Auckland and

Hamilton where it arrived on

November 23.

Cockles of AlbanyPA-31-325 VH-OOI

departed Albany on October 19

for Jandakot, Kalgoorlie, Ceduna,

Adelaide and Bankstown where it

arrived on October 24. VH-OOI

then departed Bankstown on

October 25 for Lord Howe Island,

Norfolk Island and Kerikeri where

it arrived on October 28.

PA-46-310P VH-JVXdeparted

Mount Gambier for Hobart on

November 13 before crossing

the Tasman to Queenstown on

November 14. The Malibu was

then placed on the New Zealand

register as ZK-ORZ on November 24.

PA-34-200T VH-DIG arrived at Darwin

from Davao City on November 18

before continuing to Emerald and

Bundaberg on November 19.

Commander 500S N9116N msn 3086

arrived at the Gold Coast on

December 4 after its trans-Pacific

ferry from Santa Maria, California

via Hilo, Christmas Island and

Pago Pago. The following day

N9116N continued to Ballina,

Gunnedah, Albury and Essendon.

TBM 930 SP-TBMarrived in Darwin

from Lombok on November 13

during a round-the-world

flight. The TBM then continued

to Jabiru, Cairns and Sydney

before crossing the Tasman to

Christchurch and Hamilton where

it arrived on November 22.

FIRE ATTACK

ConairRJ85 C-GVFK‘Bomber 391’

arrived at Avalon on December 4

from Abbotsford via Oakland,

Honolulu, Majuro and Honiara.

Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky

S-64E N189AC Gypsy Lady arrived

at Essendon from Sydney on

November 11 and has since taken

up residence for the 2017/18

bushfire season. N189AC was later

fitted with a tank showing that

the aircraft was being operated by

Kestrel Aviation as Helitak 341.

Kestrel Bell 206 L3 VH-KHQ Firebird

308 has taken up residence at

Essendon as the support aircraft

for S-64E N189AC.

German air force A310 10+23

touches down at Cairns on

November 20.ANDREW BELCZACKI

Italian air force ACJ MM62209 on approach

to Adelaide on November 27.RYAN HOTHERSALL

Deraya Air Taxi ATP PK-OGC visited Cairns

in mid-November.ANDREW BELCZACKI