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Exiting runway 03 at Geraldton Airport, seen from aboard VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, on flight QF1612 to Geraldton – 19 January 2022.
View from seat 27A, shortly after landing at Geraldton Airport.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Seen as I disembarked after arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Seen as I disembarked after arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Seen as I disembarked after arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Seen as I disembarked after arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Seen as I disembarked after arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), named ‘Kangaroo Paw’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Seen as I disembarked after arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. Inside the terminal at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
After arriving on flight QF1612 from Perth at 8:16am.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Seen from aboard VH-VQS Airbus A320-232 of QantasLink (Network Aviation), on flight QF1612 to Geraldton.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner (MSN 27928/2742) of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
Built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VJO / FIRESCAN 201 / BIRDDOG 201 Cessna 560 Citation V of NSW Rural Fire Service (operated by Coulson Aviation), at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Used to lead the large air tanker to drop fire retardant on fires. Arrived at Geraldton to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction.
MSN 560-0232, built in 1993, ex N561CG, C-GJYL, N502E, (N12879).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VJO / FIRESCAN 201 / BIRDDOG 201 Cessna 560 Citation V of NSW Rural Fire Service (operated by Coulson Aviation) and N138CG/BOMBER 210 Boeing 737-3H4 Fireliner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, operated by Coulson Aviation, named ‘Marie Bashir’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
N138CG arrived on 16 January from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.
MSN 27928/2742, built in 1995, ex N608SW of Southwest Airlines.
VH-VJO is used to lead the large air tanker to drop fire retardant on fires. Arrived at Geraldton to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction. MSN 560-0232, built in 1993, ex N561CG, C-GJYL, N502E, (N12879).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VJO / FIRESCAN 201 / BIRDDOG 201 Cessna 560 Citation V of NSW Rural Fire Service (operated by Coulson Aviation), at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Used to lead the large air tanker to drop fire retardant on fires. Arrived at Geraldton to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction.
MSN 560-0232, built in 1993, ex N561CG, C-GJYL, N502E, (N12879).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VJO / FIRESCAN 201 / BIRDDOG 201 Cessna 560 Citation V of NSW Rural Fire Service (operated by Coulson Aviation), at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Used to lead the large air tanker to drop fire retardant on fires. Arrived at Geraldton to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction.
MSN 560-0232, built in 1993, ex N561CG, C-GJYL, N502E, (N12879).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-VJO / FIRESCAN 201 / BIRDDOG 201 Cessna 560 Citation V of NSW Rural Fire Service (operated by Coulson Aviation), at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Used to lead the large air tanker to drop fire retardant on fires. Arrived at Geraldton to assist with fighting a large bushfire near Gascoyne Junction.
MSN 560-0232, built in 1993, ex N561CG, C-GJYL, N502E, (N12879).
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FWH Fokker 100 of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, named ‘Swan River’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
VA9216 from Boolgeeda arriving at 5:34pm. It departed to Perth at 6:07pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FWH Fokker 100 of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, named ‘Swan River’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
VA9216 from Boolgeeda arriving at 5:34pm. It departed to Perth at 6:07pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-FWH Fokker 100 of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, named ‘Swan River’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
VA9216 from Boolgeeda arriving at 5:34pm. It departed to Perth at 6:07pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) and VH-FWH Fokker 100 of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, named ‘Swan River’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
VH-FWH is arriving as VA9216 from Boolgeeda at 5:34pm, taxying behind VH-NPU, which arrived as QF1614 from Perth and is preparing to depart as QF1615 back to Perth.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) and VH-FWH Fokker 100 of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, named ‘Swan River’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm.
VH-FWH arrived as VA9216 from Boolgeeda and is preparing to depart to Perth.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) and VH-FWH Fokker 100 of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, named ‘Swan River’, at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm. With the side window open, you can see the instrument panel in the cockpit.
VH-FWH arrived as VA9216 from Boolgeeda and is preparing to depart to Perth.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-NPU Fokker 100 of QantasLink (Network Aviation) at Geraldton Airport, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
Taken as I boarded VH-NPU for flight QF1615 back to Perth at 5:52pm.
Photo © David Eyre. Plaque next to VH-UDC / ‘G-AUDK’ Bristol 28 Tourer replica, at Museum of Geraldton, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
One of three Bristol Tourer replicas built in Australia. The first was a non-flying static display replica painted as ‘G-AUDK’, built in 1980–81, which was donated in 1986 to the RAAF Association Aviation Heritage Museum, at Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia. As there are two replicas painted as ‘G-AUDK’, this causes some confusion among historians.
In 1984-1985, an Australian company had two airworthy Bristol Tourer replicas built in Brisbane, QLD by Air Charter Pty Ltd for a television mini-series ‘A Thousand Skies’, about the life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. They were registered as Air Charter Bristol F.2b Tourers: VH-UDC (c/n QA-32-1, painted as G-AUDK) and VH-UDR (c/n QA-32-2, painted as G-AUDJ). These aircraft were powered by 172 kw (230 hp) Continental IO-520 six-cylinder engines, with fuselages of steel tube and wings of wood, with fabric covering overall.
On 1 June 1992, VH-UDC (painted as G-AUDK) was on a 70-year commemorative flight by owner/pilot Barry Hempel when it suffered engine trouble and was damaged in a forced landing on North West Coastal Highway, 100 kilometres north of Geraldton. The aircraft was restored by Mid West Aero Club and the Shire of Greenough donated it to the Western Australian Museum at Geraldton, where it is now displayed suspended from the ceiling. This is a fitting location, given that the first scheduled air service in Australia by Bristol Tourers of West Australian Airways began at Geraldton Airport on 5 December 1921.
The other flying replica, VH-UDR (painted as G-AUDJ) was withdrawn from use in March 1986 and converted to a Bristol F.2b Fighter configuration, painted to represent C-4623 and now displayed at the Army Aviation Museum at Oakey, Queensland.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UDC / ‘G-AUDK’ Bristol 28 Tourer replica, at Museum of Geraldton, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
One of three Bristol Tourer replicas built in Australia. The first was a non-flying static display replica painted as ‘G-AUDK’, built in 1980–81, which was donated in 1986 to the RAAF Association Aviation Heritage Museum, at Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia. As there are two replicas painted as ‘G-AUDK’, this causes some confusion among historians.
In 1984-1985, an Australian company had two airworthy Bristol Tourer replicas built in Brisbane, QLD by Air Charter Pty Ltd for a television mini-series ‘A Thousand Skies’, about the life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. They were registered as Air Charter Bristol F.2b Tourers: VH-UDC (c/n QA-32-1, painted as G-AUDK) and VH-UDR (c/n QA-32-2, painted as G-AUDJ). These aircraft were powered by 172 kw (230 hp) Continental IO-520 six-cylinder engines, with fuselages of steel tube and wings of wood, with fabric covering overall.
On 1 June 1992, VH-UDC (painted as G-AUDK) was on a 70-year commemorative flight by owner/pilot Barry Hempel when it suffered engine trouble and was damaged in a forced landing on North West Coastal Highway, 100 kilometres north of Geraldton. The aircraft was restored by Mid West Aero Club and the Shire of Greenough donated it to the Western Australian Museum at Geraldton, where it is now displayed suspended from the ceiling. This is a fitting location, given that the first scheduled air service in Australia by Bristol Tourers of West Australian Airways began at Geraldton Airport on 5 December 1921.
The other flying replica, VH-UDR (painted as G-AUDJ) was withdrawn from use in March 1986 and converted to a Bristol F.2b Fighter configuration, painted to represent C-4623 and now displayed at the Army Aviation Museum at Oakey, Queensland.
Photo © David Eyre. VH-UDC / ‘G-AUDK’ Bristol 28 Tourer replica, at Museum of Geraldton, Western Australia – 19 January 2022.
One of three Bristol Tourer replicas built in Australia. The first was a non-flying static display replica painted as ‘G-AUDK’, built in 1980–81, which was donated in 1986 to the RAAF Association Aviation Heritage Museum, at Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia. As there are two replicas painted as ‘G-AUDK’, this causes some confusion among historians.
In 1984-1985, an Australian company had two airworthy Bristol Tourer replicas built in Brisbane, QLD by Air Charter Pty Ltd for a television mini-series ‘A Thousand Skies’, about the life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. They were registered as Air Charter Bristol F.2b Tourers: VH-UDC (c/n QA-32-1, painted as G-AUDK) and VH-UDR (c/n QA-32-2, painted as G-AUDJ). These aircraft were powered by 172 kw (230 hp) Continental IO-520 six-cylinder engines, with fuselages of steel tube and wings of wood, with fabric covering overall.
On 1 June 1992, VH-UDC (painted as G-AUDK) was on a 70-year commemorative flight by owner/pilot Barry Hempel when it suffered engine trouble and was damaged in a forced landing on North West Coastal Highway, 100 kilometres north of Geraldton. The aircraft was restored by Mid West Aero Club and the Shire of Greenough donated it to the Western Australian Museum at Geraldton, where it is now displayed suspended from the ceiling. This is a fitting location, given that the first scheduled air service in Australia by Bristol Tourers of West Australian Airways began at Geraldton Airport on 5 December 1921.
The other flying replica, VH-UDR (painted as G-AUDJ) was withdrawn from use in March 1986 and converted to a Bristol F.2b Fighter configuration, painted to represent C-4623 and now displayed at the Army Aviation Museum at Oakey, Queensland.
Photo © David Eyre.
