I have VH-QOH on ADSB doing YSSY-YSTW at 08:30 and YTWH-YSSY at 09:53 24/01/2015.

I also picked up one flight at 13:12 yesterday 23/01/2015, which was probable the positioning flight to YSSY.

The last previous contact was 04/12/2014 with MODE-S only.

QOH did a test flight on 23/1 Ex TMW as QF6713, it then ferried to SYD as QF6715.

LQG will ferry to TMW on 24/1 as QF6711.

I think the movements of the QLink fleet has been stuffed around with VH-SBB being out of service for the last few days. Which is why we have been seeing last minute changes.

Thanks, Grahame & Max.

Hadn't considered that, Robert, but agree it's a possibility. I had thought that LQG might've gone tech after its SYD-CBR-SYD run on Friday arvo.

Following the morning flights on the 24/01/2015, VH-QOH did :-

• YSSY-YSCB 11:34
• YSCB-YSSY 13:17
• YSSY-YSCB 14:36
• YSCB-YBBN 16:39

LQD and LQJ will cross paths in ADL to/from PER on 7/2.

Does that suggest LQG will come back from TMW soon? How many aircraft can they have in the hangar simultaneously up there?

2 Lines of maintenance at any one time up there. Plus 1 line in SYD.

SBJ has just come back online after 2 months in SYD.

If LQG returns soon then it probably won't have ADS-B fitted. QOR was in/out of TMW in 2 weeks and it didn't have ADS-B fitted.

Thanks, Max! Is 2 weeks long enough for what must be fairly deep maintenance (given LQG was flown all the way from PER)?

Depending on which check they are going in for it could be either approximately 2 weeks or anything up to 4-5 weeks.

Q300 SCE is currently in TMW as well.

LQG is out on Thursday morning with LQD going in on Wednesday night at this point in time. I am lead to believe that SBJ was withdrawn, not in maintenance...could possibly have been used due to lack of aircraft as it only did a few flights.

LQG has ADS-B fitted.

Interesting, Flightaware shows VH-LQG having flown three sectors this morning, 13/02/2015 ...

Tamworth-Sydney
Sydney-Dubbo
Dubbo-Sydney

... however none of these flights have shown up on our two ADS-B data feeds ?

LQG didn't commence ops this morning, the flight plans still had LQG as the rego although they were operated by LQD.

All going well LQG should enter service tomorrow as QF2001 TMW-SYD.

Thanks Max

For some reason LQG does not have ADS-B fitted.

Maybe fitted but not operational?

Hey Max... wondering if you have times for QF6715 on 23/1? It's not on any of the usual tracking sites as far as I can tell? Thanks

G'day Rowan,

I don't sorry, there was a bit of a mix up with the regos on the flight plans which is why they didn't show up on the net.

Hi Max,

From 13:12 to 13:43 for VH-QOH on 23/01/2015 from my ADS-B data.

VH-LQG still seems to be MODE-S only right up to yesterday.

Cheers for that gents, much appreciated!

LQD is back, however it doesn't appear to have ADS-B nor is it been picked up by MLAT

Qantaslink Q400s with ADS-B
 

LQD seems to have saved QOH's bacon down in Launy yesterday!? Any ideas when LQK will start ops now it's back?

VH-QOS will leave maintenance in TMW in the next few days and it is fitted with ADS-B.

Scheduled to return on 8 May and QOT will take her place in the hangar.

VH-QOS has appeared on flightaware to ops QF2001 (QLK1D) early tomorrow morning, VH-QOT to ops QF2008 (QLK8D) this evening.

VH-LQJ is going into the hangar on Sunday 10/05.

LQJ comes out on the 4th and will not have ADS-B fitted.

QOW is replacing it in the hangar.

LQJ is out, no ADS-B. QOW now in the hanger.

QOT due out of the hanger on Wednesday morning assume with ADS-B, LQK will take its place, which, based on what's been happening, will not get ADS-B yet.

LQK will come out tomorrow without ADS-B.
QOI will go into the hangar, most likely for ADS-B

QOW will come out on Monday (TBC) with ADS-B
QOX will go into the hangar, most likely for ADS-B

VH-QOI is out, no ADS-B by the looks of it, QOU is in.

half-related but Q300 TQM is now fitted with ADS-B.

No doubt the other Q300's going to NZ will have the same fitted while in CNS.

Still no known plan to fit the Aus-Based Q200/300's with ADS-B.

I'd say the Australian fleet of Q200/300 will be done once all the Q400 ADS-Bs have been fitted.

VH-QOX ferried TMW-BNE yesterday as QF6716, it now has ADS-B fitted.

Although it seemed to be glitching a bit on FR24, Dash 8-200 VH-TQG was getting picked up on ADS-B this afternoon, it has just had two days offline. TQS was in the hanger in SYD today all day.

TQH has ADS-B


https://flic.kr/p/yrtsar

I think there's few glitches in the FR24 data.

If you look up the aircraft in flightaware, it doesn't have ADS-B.

At this stage the only Q300's that have ADS-B are the ones going to NZ.

Will be Piaware feeders who are feeding MLAT to FR24 (which is something that has been a headache for FR24).

QOJ into the hanger tonight, QOU out with ADS-B