Lynden Air Cargo P2-LAC (1st Visit)

(Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L-100-30 P2-LAC sitting at Adelaide Airport on a gloomy winters morning) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2015)

Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L-100-30 P2-LAC arrived at 22.15hrs direct from Port Moresby as 'LYB 5026'. After night stopping in Adelaide, the aircraft departed to Cairns the following morning at 11.50hrs using the same flight number.

This was Lynden Air 's and the P2-LAC 1st visit to Adelaide. 

Royal Air Force C130J ZH865 makes a visit

(Royal Air Force C130J-30 C.4 Hercules ZH865 parked at Adelaide Airport just prior to its departure) Photo By Stefan P (Copyright 2015) 

Royal Air Force C130J-30 C.4 Hercules ZH865 arrived at 15.25hrs from Wellington, New Zealand as 'Ascot 5880/ RRR5880'. After spending the weekend in Adelaide, the aircraft departed on 27/4/15 bound for Perth at 10.00hrs as 'Ascot 5881/ RRR5881'.

This was the aircraft's 1st visit to Adelaide, it was the 1st C130J to visit Adelaide. It was also the 1st RAF aircraft to visit Adelaide since 30/7/07. 

Safair C130 Hercules ZS-JIV makes a visit (1st Visit)

(Safair Lockhhed L100 Hercules ZS-JIV parked at bay 101 during its night stop in Adelaide) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2014)

Safair Lockhhed L100 Hercules ZS-JIV arrived from the Cocos Island at 20.00hrs as 'Safair 518'. The aircraft overnighted in Adelaide, before departing to Chritchurch, NZ at 10.45hrs using the same callsign.

This is the JIV's 1st visit to Adelaide. Safair are yearly visitors to Adelaide as they use the airport as a tech stop en route from South Africa to Christchurch for the up coning Antarctic expeditions.

Safair C130 ZS-RSC makes a visit

(Safair C130 ZS-RSC taxiing to the bay after arriving from Cocos Island) Photo by Stefan P (Copyright 2013)

Safair C130 Hercules ZS-RSC arrived at 19.00hrs from Cocos Island as 'Safair 530'.  The aircraft departed Adelaide at 10.20hrs on 20/10/13.

The aircraft has visited Adelaide before. Its last visit was just over a year to the day on 17/10/12 when it arrived from Cocos Island and then continued onto Christchurch the following. It is expected that this the same routing will occur again this year.