Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky
S-64E N957AC Ichabod arrived at
Moorabbin from the docks on
December 1. It was later fitted with
a tank showing that the S-64E was
being operated by Kestrel Aviation
as Helitack 342.
Kestrel Bell 206 L1 VH-JOW Firebird
309 has taken up residence at
Moorabbin as the support aircraft
for S-64E N957AC.
Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky S-64E
N218AC/734 Elsie arrived at Essendon
from the Melbourne docks on
December 1.Elsie, which was
still at Essendon on December 7
reportedly will be ferried to
Brukunga, South Australia where
it will be based for the fire season.
Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky S-64E
N154AC Georgia Peach was unloaded
from a ship in the Fremantle docks
on November 23 before being
moved to its base at Serpentine.
Coulson Helicopters shipped
Sikorsky S-61N C-FIRXinto Melbourne
in November with the machine
road-transported to Avalon
where it was re-assembled. Now
designated Helitack 347 C-FIRX
was later ferried to Colac where
it will be based for the bushfire
season.
Coulson also shippedSikorsky S-61N
N161CG,which is the former C-FMAY,
to Melbourne in November and
as Helitack 348 it has taken up
residence at Mansfield.
Wildcat HelicoptersBell 412SP
C-FWTQwas flying at Camden on
November 13while WildcatBell
412SPs C-GBNDandC-FWTYwere noted at
Camden awaiting assembly.
Valhalla HelicoptersBell 212
C-GLFT/251was noted at Albion Park
on November 15 in company with
ValhallaBell 205A C-GRUV/253.
Helimax Aviation of
SacramentoBoeing CH-47D N948CH
arrived at Essendon from the Port
of Melbourne on November 11 and
the following day departed on ferry
to its base at Camden, NSW.
Timberline HelicoptersSikorsky
UH-60A N563DJThing 2, which will
be operated by Pays Air Service,
arrived at Scone on December 7
after being shipped into the
country.
HEAVY METAL
Luftwaffe A310-304(ET) 10+23 as
GAF384 transited Cairns on
November 20 while en route
from Singapore to Noumea. The
A310 again transited Cairns on
November 22 while en route from
Noumea to Singapore.
Italian air force A319-115(CJ)
MM62209 as IAM3160 arrived in
Canberra from Singapore on
November 26 before continuing
to Adelaide on November 27. It
departed Adelaide for Singapore
on November 29.
Antonov AirlinesAn-124 UR-82009
as ADB2192 arrived in Adelaide
from Honolulu and Brisbane
on November 14 and departed
to Johor Bahru as ADB280F on
November 16.
Antonov AirlinesAn-124 UR-82029
as ADB2218 arrived in Darwin
from Mattala on November 27
carrying H175B VH-NYI msn 5027
Inga Bergstrom andH175B VH-NYJ
msn 5028 Christmas Joneson
delivery to Babcock Offshore
Services Australasia. As ADB396F
the An-124 departed Darwin for
Sharjah on November 28.Spectrum AirBasler BT-67
ZS-ASNarrived at Jandakot on
November 12 from Denpasar and
Broome. It is conducting survey
work while in Australia.
Vim Airlines777-212ER VP-BDR
arrived at Alice Springs from
Moscow/Domodedovo and Kuala
Lumpur on November 17 to be
placed in storage.
La Compagnie 757-256/W F-HTAG
as DJT600 arrived in Melbourne
on November 18 from Charles
De Gaulle, Keflavik, Las Vegas,
Honolulu and Nadi during a
round-the-world flight. It departed
to Darwin and Siem Reip on
November 20.
737-73Q/BBJ N977JG arrived in
Sydney from Halim and Canberra
on November 7 and departed to
Halim on November 10.
737-7BC/BBJ N666ML arrived in
Sydney from Beijing and Cairnson November 6 before continuing
to Melbourne on November 9. It
departed Melbourne for Brisbane
on November 12 before continuing
to Cairns on November 15 and
Beijing on November 17.
Intera Holdings 737-7HZ/BBJ P4-NGK
arrived in Perth from Halim on
November 8.
Sino Jet Management737-7CG/
BBJ P4-SJMarrived in Melbourne in
the early hours of November 13
from Macau and departed to
Cairns on November 23 and
Beijing on November 24. It arrived
in Brisbane from Shanghai on
November 27 before continuing to
Melbourne on November 28 and
Auckland on November 29.
737-7KK/BBJ VP-CAMarrived
in Sydney from Macau on
November 21.
US Navy 737-7AF/C-40A 165834 as
‘Convoy 7125’ arrived in Melbourne
from Guam on November 11 before
returning there on November 13.
US Navy 737-7AF/C-40A 166695
arrived in Melbourne from Guam
on November 4 before returning
there on November 6.
Deraya Air Taxi BAe ATP(F) PK-DGC
arrived in Cairns from Merauke on
November 16 before returning to
Merauke on November 16.
Volga Dnepr Airlines
Il-76TD-90VD RA-76952arrived in
Perth from Jakarta as VDA4104
on November 23 and departed
to Nanjing as VDA3101 on
November 25.
JASDF Kawasaki C-2 68-1203 as
JF102 arrived at RAAF Amberley
from Guam on November 26
before departing to Christchurch
on November 27. The C-2,
which was being demonstrated
to the RNZAF, continued to
Wellington on November 28 before
departing for RAAF Richmond
on November 29 and Guam on
November 30.Traffic
JASDF Kawasaki C-2 68-1203 on
approach to RAAF Base Amberley.
LANCE BROADLa Compagnie 757-200
F-HTAG lands at Melbourne on
November 18.VICTOR PODYSino Jet Management BBJ P4-SIM on
approach to Melbourne.BRIAN WILKES