Evening all,
Today has been very wet with several torrential Thunderstorms which made driving at times very difficult Thankfully we were at airfields between the showers.
Noted this morning from the Hotel 0700 – 0900 and a drive around Essendon until 0930:
N915JG BD700
VH-FGJ BD700
VH-NSQ EMB505
VH-ODU C208B*
VH-VPM C501*
VH-WFE C560
VH-XBZ Be200
VH-YUL C560
VH-ECP EC120B
VH-EFH A109
MEL inbounds
9M-MTL A333 MAS
9V-SNB B773 SIA
B-20D8 B789 CSH*
VH-ZRC SF340 REX*
VN-A897 A359 HVN
We set off for Phillip Island where we eventually arrived around 1215 after nearly 3 hours battling traffic and heavy rain. Noted at The Vietnam War Memorial Museum:
A4-204 DHC5D RAAF*
A4-231 DHC5D RAAF*
N12-153567 S2G Tracker RAN*
68-15092 AH1E USAF
A1-406 B47 RAAF*
A2-110 UH1H RAAF*
N7-221 Wessex Mk31B RAN*
Phillip Island Helicopters have a base next door. Noted at 1245
VH-LVO R44*
VH-TGS R44*
We then traced our steps back towards Melbourne. A quick stop at Tooradin airfield noted:
VH-CRN C208B*
About half a dozen other light parked here on the grass.
Next stop was Moorabbin but en route the following was noted outside the RSL Memorial in Cranbourne:
N14-087 MB339 RAAF
We arrived at Moorabbin around 1500. A quick spin around revealed these different than yesterday:
VH-NTX Be90*
VH-WYH EC130T2*
VH-WYU R44
VH-XBX AS350
En route back to Essendon we paid a visit to the Street where Neighbours is filmed!
Noted at Essendon 1715 – 2200
N500 Pa31T
VH-JMU PC24
VH-LEM C441
VH-LFA LJ35
VH-ZIY C525
VH-YXJ AW139
MEL moves
9M-MTB A333 MAS
9V-OJI B789 TGW* (last one)
9V-SKR A388 SIA
9V-SMK A359 SIA
A6-EPV B773 UAE
HS-THK A359 THA
ZK-OJE A320 ANZ
I will report back tomorrow with another road trip out from Melbourne.
Mark Paulin
Photo credit: Mark Paulin