Jul / Aug 2023 - Noteworthy Movements Thread (Movements + Photos)
 

Please post information, photos and discussion about noteworthy movements in this thread.

VH-EKD is scheduled to depart Australia for the last time on Tuesday. Will fly WGA-SYD-AKL. This leaves VH-KDK as the last 340A in the country, though this aircraft is also headed to Air Chathams but hasn’t flown since its emergency landing at Cobar in April.

VH-EKD was deleted from the VH-Reg on 06/07/23 becoming ZK-CIT the following day.

BAe146 VH-NJU/E2287 was deleted from the register on 14/07/23 after being reduced to spares in Adelaide.

BNE had a beauty on 4 July.

P4-787 a 787-8 BBJ of Comlux Aruba.

Sadly i missed it as i was out of the country.

Network F100 ZYT was deleted from the register on 21/07/23 after being reduced to spares. ZYT arrived early last year and was always a spares ship.

For BNE spotters, Aircalin on a one time basis is operating its A330-900neo from Noumea on Sunday 20/8/23, instead of an A320neo. Arrival into BNE is scheduled for 17:45 with departure at 19:15. Hopefully, it is early so there will still be some daylight around.

Link: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230727-sbaug23bne

Source: Aeroroutes

USAF E4B at BNE today

https://www.flickr.com/photos/794876...posted-public/

AC-130J Ghost Rider “Jackal 93” is currently do an early morning run from Richmond to Proserpine. Serial 185905. Imagine being on the ground and getting a wake up call from her guns!

There is also a SAR action underway in the Whitsundays, presumably for missing military personnel, with an Australian MRH90 and a U.S. Blackhawk conducting a search with the assistance of the AMSA challenger near Hamilton & Long Islands.

The ghost rider joined the search, apparently a military helicopter was lost late Friday night near Hamilton island with 4 POB

Evening all

Iberia A350-900 EC-NIS currently enroute to Madrid-Doha. It will continue into Sydney arriving at 1900 Saturday.

This would be visiting to pick up the Spain Women’s Soccer team after the FIFA women’s World Cup Final.

Maybe on the move

Short SC?5 Belfast C.1 1819 N1819S Bank of Utah regd 30aug23, parked at CNS ex RP-C8020

Saw a comment on FB posted in June of this year that the current owners plan on getting it off the ground and using it to fly fire fighting equipment

https://www.facebook.com/fnqaviation...576646/?type=3

Aerlink ATR-42 YWH was deleted from the register on 28/08/23 as scrapped