Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

Far North Queensland Skies Cairns and Townsville Airport, Australia

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Monday 30 September 2013

FNQ Yestayear Images - September 1992

As mentioned at the begining of the year, movements for 1992 at CNS are incomplete due to a mislaid log, therefore some images on file cannot be tied up.  As you will have seen in the past months some tie ups were possible, but not all.

September is a case in point where no visitors have been able to be traced.  However this will offer the opportunity to insert some images (in an otherwise blank Sep) as a result of a 1992 one day fuel strike in the southern states which caused a number of carriers to 'top up' in Cairns on their way out.

No date has so far surfaced for this 1992 occurance, so in order for completeness for the year a selection of visitors on that day are featured below.  Apart from Garuda and Thai (both operating A300-600R equipment) on their scheduled flights to and from CNS, these other carriers depicted never visited CNS at this period of time before.  Cathay did not commence till Oct 31, but their pair of B742's offered a taste of what was to come.

All images were taken from the disused control tower on the GA side of the airport prior to its demolision.


Mandarin's 'hot rod' B747SP N4508H leaps into the air

General view during the a'noon action with a Lauda B763 rolling out against a backdrop of 2 x CX B742's, a SIA B743 and a German Cargo B742F

Lauda B763 OE-LAU arriving

Thai International B743 HS-TGD

ANA B742 JA8192 on rotation

A pair of CX742's with VR-HIF in foreground, a domestic parking bay is used for one CX due congestion at the ITB ramp

CX B742 VR-HIF arrives

SIA B743 'Big Top' N121KG rotates

B742F German Cargo D-ABYW arriving

D-ABYW backtracks on RW15, note Pier complex above tree line

Thanks to GAFLIKS for providing this great Yestayear report.

Airwork Flight Operations B737-300 ZK-SLA

AWK100 ZK-SLA B733 Brisbane-Townsville


ZK-SLA B733 at Townsville, Photo by Dave

Fugro LADS Dash 8 VH-LCL

ASY358 VH-LCL DH8B Cairns-Port Moresby

VH-LCL DH8B at Cairns

Hornets Arrive in Townsville for Exercise Black Dagger

Courtesy of the Airforce fliying operations website.

http://www.airforce.gov.au/Operations/Flying-Operations/?RAAF-hPR1ZyeqIMWKiaNtrjPMdufiX/RBJSoR

The two week exercise will commence on Monday 23 September and will graduate selected Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel known as Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs). The student JTACs will be trained in the planning, briefing, controlling and reporting of Close Air Support on the battlefield, in support of the ADF’s continuing operational requirements.
Exercise Black Dagger is an air-to-ground live fire exercise that is conducted twice a year from RAAF Base Townsville where different fast jets are used to support the final phase of the JTAC course and subsequently produce combat-ready JTACs for ADF operational requirements.
The F/A-18A Hornets will be operating in the Townsville Field Training Area, which offers adequate space, ranges and targets for crews to simulate full-scale ground attacks.
Exercise Black Dagger will include weekend and night flying with all jets landed by 10.30pm and is set to conclude on 11 October 13.

Here are some images from the last week.


A21-105 FA18 at Townsville


A21-105 FA18 at Townsville


A21-105 FA18 at Townsville


A21-105 FA18 at Townsville


A21-105 FA18 at Townsville


A21-37 FA18 at Townsville

 
A21-105 FA18 at Townsville
A21-105 FA18 at Townsville


A21-105 FA18 at Townsville

 

Sunday 29 September 2013

China United Airlines CRJ-700 B-4061 & China Eastern A/L's B-3099

B4061 CRJ7 Essendon-Cairns-Darwin-Kota Kinabalu

Also B3099 E135 Brisbane-Cairns


B4061 CRJ7 at Cairns


B4061 CRJ7 at Cairns
 

Saturday 28 September 2013

Virgin to connect Cloncurry with South East

Courtesy of the North West Star...

CLONCURRY'S livability has taken another giant step forward after Virgin Australia announced it would start direct flights from Brisbane to the booming town yesterday.

http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/1805797/virgin-to-connect-cloncurry-with-south-east/?cs=190#


File Picture - Virgin Australia E190 at Mt Isa, Photo by Dave


Thursday 26 September 2013

Large group of aircraft head into the South Pacific

D-FPAC and N231WG were apart of a large group of foreign registered aircraft heading south through Micronesia and the South Pacific. The remainder of the group (7) routed from Honiara to Nadi.

D-FPAC PC12 Daru-Cairns

N231WG M20T Daru-Cairns


D-FAPC PC12 at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS


N231WG M20T at Cairns, Photo by GAFLIKS


D-FAPC PC12 at Cairns

Airbus A340-300 CS-TQM

ASY41 CS-TQM A343 Darwin-Townsville-Sydney-Brisbane


CS-TQM A343 at Townsville.


CS-TQM A343 at Townsville.


CS-TQM A343 at Townsville.


Premier 1 N7088S

N7088S PRM1 Mackay-Townsville-Mackay


N7088S Premier 1 at Townsville

Wednesday 25 September 2013

Nauru Air / Our Airline B737-300 VH-INU

ASY1084 VH-INU B733 Darwin-Cairns-Nauru-Cairns-Darwin


VH-INU B733 at Cairns




RAAF Globemaster III C-17

A41-207 C17 Amberley-Cairns-Pearce


File Picture - A41-207 C17, Photo by Dave




Tuesday 24 September 2013

Qantas "Disney's Planes" B767 VH-OGG

Qantas "Disney's Planes" scheme VH-OGG operated the QFA924/925 service today from Sydney to Cairns.


Qantas "Disney's Planes" B763 VH-OGG at Cairns


Qantas "Disney's Planes" B763 VH-OGG at Cairns


Qantas "Disney's Planes" B763 VH-OGG at Cairns


Qantas "Disney's Planes" B763 VH-OGG at Cairns


Qantas "Disney's Planes" B763 VH-OGG at Cairns


Qantas "Disney's Planes" B763 VH-OGG at Cairns

Yajasi Pilatus PC-12 PK-UCG

PK-UCG PC12 Jayapura-Cairns-Mareeba


PK-UCG PC12 at Cairns

Monday 23 September 2013

China United Airlines B737-300 B-4018

B-4018 B733 Darwin-Cairns-Canberra


B-4018 B733 at Cairns


B-4018 B733 at Cairns


B-4018 B733 at Cairns

Sunday 22 September 2013

Army Chinooks at Cairns

A15-152 CH47 Townsville-Cairns-Horn Island
A15-106 CH47 Townsville-Cairns-Horn Island
A15-202 CH47 Townsville-Cairns-Horn Island


A15-152 CH47 at Cairns


A15-152 CH47 at Cairns


A15-152 CH47 at Cairns


A15-106 CH47 at Cairns


A15-202 CH47 at Cairns

Saturday 21 September 2013

Nauru Air / Our Airline B737-300 VH-INU

ASY1006 VH-INU B733 Darwin-Cairns-Nauru-Cairns-Darwin


VH-INU B733 at Cairns


VH-INU B733 at Cairns