Cessna demonstrator Cessna 182T N517CS up sticks and crossed the Tasman earlier this week. It was imported to New Zealand for the purposes of being a demonstrator with locally based Flightline Aviation/Oceania and was unpacked at Ardmore in early January. It departed from Kerikeri for Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and the Gold Coast 23 February and it then headed south to RAAF East Sale 24 February.
On the subject of demonstrators - we mentioned earlier the upcoming regional tour of a Kodiak Quest. Well, N150KQ has turned up in the area arriving into Darwin from Kupang on 22 February after the Singapore Air Show. It then flew onto Cairns via Normanton 23 February and then to Port Moresby 24 February from where it departed on its return to Cairns 26 February.
Also in the region is Beech 350 King Air N136KF with this aircraft currently working the Australian East Coast. Having entered the country at Darwin on 22 February, the King Air has visited Longreach, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Canberra, Bankstown, Sydney, Essendon and Moorabbin.
