Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Saturday 31 December 2011

FNQ Yestayear Images - December 1990

On return from New Britain, PNG, after filming for a Japanese Camel cigarette Advert. 
15 Dec 1990 VH-WET Grumman Widgeon
CORAL WINGS, Cairns



A diversion from POM...with 3 x KA32 choppers on board.

28 Dec 1990 CCCP-82008 AN124 with
Air Foyle/Cargolux endorsements, Cairns














Recommencement of the seasonal chatrters to Australia.....from PER to Karachi.
05 Dec 1990 G-BRIG  B762  Britannia, Cairns












On a supplemental service HIR-POM via CNS
09 Dec 1990 H4-SAL  B732 Solomons, Cairns












Thanks to GAFLIKS for supplying photo's and background info.

Friday 30 December 2011

Korean Air Charter Flight

KAL9127/3128 HL7554 A333 Nagoya-Cairns-Incheon

Thursday 29 December 2011

VP-BED A319 departs

VP-BED A319 43BE81 Cairns-Hong Kong

VP-BED A319 parked at Cairns

Monday 26 December 2011

N1925M G-IV

N1925M GLF4 A172AC Queenstown-Cairns-Hamilton Is

Also VP-BED A319 43BE81 Sydney-Cairns

Thanks Mike and Steve for the info.

N1925M GLF4 landing at Cairns


Couple of recent new ones to FNQ

23/12 VH-YFK* B738 7C7A3E VOZ1413/1294 Sydney-Cairns-Melbourne
*Delivered to Brisbane 14/12/11

25/12 VH-VZV# B738 7C6DE9 QFA976 Brisbane-Townsville
#Delivered to Melboune 9/12/11

Thanks Dave & Mike for the Info

Saturday 24 December 2011

Pictures from Townsville today

VH-VZB B738 departing Townsville for Brisbane as QF971

VH-VZB at Townsville

VH-VUI B738 departing Townsville for Brisbane as DJ372













Thanks Dave for these great pictures

Friday 23 December 2011

VP-CFP Citation X into Townsville

VP-CFP C750 Sunshine Coast-Townsville-Sunshine Coast

PNG Weekly Report 12-18 Dec

12/12 P2-SID KODI Port Moresby-Cairns
12/12 P2-KSA BE20 Port Moresby-Cairns
13/12 P2-SID KODI Cairns-Port Moresby
13/12 P2-KSA BE20 Cairns-Port Moresby
13/12 P2-MFN C206 Mareeba-Horn Is
13/12 N64MD MU2 Tokua-Honiara
14/12 VH-WZN BE20 Cairns-Port Moresby
14/12 VH-MGC BE40 Cairns-Port Moresby
15/12 VH-MGC BE40 Port Moresby-Cairns
15/12 VH-WZN BE20 Lihir Is-Cairns-Townsville
16/12 VH-PDX ANG2091 CVLT Cairns-Port Moresby
17/12 VH-WZN BE20 Cairns-Port Moresby-Cairns
17/12 P2-MFV C206 Mt Hagen-Horn Is-Mareeba
18/12 N249NZ P750 Cairns-Madang
18/12 LYC276 N404LC C130 Lae-Cairns-Port Moresby

Thanks Mike for the bits of info.

VH-MGC BE40


VH-WZN BE20

N249NZ P750

LYC276 N404LC C130

P2-NAZ operating Tabubil-Cairns 17/12

P2-PXS DH8D operating Cairns-Port Moresby 17/12

Thursday 22 December 2011

Wednesday 21 December 2011

ZK-KFB GV-SP ExecuJet N.Z.

ZK-KFB GLF5 C81D94 Hamilton Is-Townsville-Pago Pago

Thanks Mike & Dave for the info.

Tuesday 20 December 2011

Belfast RP-C8020 as at 20/12/11


Belfast RP-C8020 at Cairns 20/12/11

Norfolk Air B733 VH-NLK

RON900 VH-NLK B733 Noumea-Cairns-Darwin-Manila

















Thanks Mike for the info.

VH-QQX into TSV and VH-VZV into CNS

Couple of new ones noted into Cairns and Townsville:

19/12 QFA702/3 VH-VZV B738 operated Melbourne-Cairns-Melbourne
17/12 UTY992 VH-QQX F70 Alliance Airlines was noted into Townsville (20/12 operating back to BNE)

Thanks Dave and Steve for the info.

Monday 19 December 2011

King Air 350i N8141T

N8141T B350 Toowoomba-Cairns-Port Moresby












View GA Long Haul News blog entry earlier this year:
http://galonghaulnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/king-air-350i-demo-n8141t.html

Also noted in South East QLD News Blog in Nov 11:
http://southeastqldaviation.blogspot.com/2011/11/bne-yesterday-and-today.html

Sunday 18 December 2011

Saturday 17 December 2011

VP-CFP Citation X

VP-CFP C750 Brisbane-Cairns-Davao
VH-PDW CVLT Cairns-Bankstown
N249NZ P750 Coolangatta-Cairns, on delivery to Skydive Guam Inc.

Various pictures at Cairns today...

VH-PDW CVLT

VH-QOJ DH8D

VH-QOH DH8D

Long time resident DC3 at Cairns

VH-FDO BE20 RFDS

VH-QQI DH8A

VH-TFZ C402

N887WM Global Express

N887WM GLEX Coolangatta-Cairns-Coolangatta




Vincent Aviation Saab 340 ZK-VAB


ZK-VAB SF34 operating flight from DRW-GTE-CNS

ZK-VAB SF34 at Cairns

ZK-VAB SF34, this service is usually operated by
Vincent Aviation Beech 1900 aircraft.