Coolangatta / Gold Coast Airport based airline Seair Pacific / Istlecote has been expanding their fleet in recent months with de Havilland DHC-6-100 Twin Otter VH-BVS and VH-ZKF the most recent addition to the airline's fleet.
With both aircraft rolling-off the production line in 1967, these machines are by no means young aircraft, however, reportedly received attention before being delivered to Seair Pacific where they are now predominately used to ferry tourist to Lady Elliot Island from Coolangatta / Gold Coast, Maroochydore / Sunshine Coast, Redcliffe, Hervey Bay / Fraser Coast and Bundaberg Airport.
It remains unclear at this stage if Seair Pacific has intentions to source additional Twin Otters, and if they will either complement or partially replace the company's Britten-Norman BN2A Islander's and Cessna 208 Caravan's.
According to the AVTRAC Maintenance Tracking Facebook page, it appears VH-ZKF was restored / refurbished a couple of years ago by PremiAir Aviation Maintenance Pty Ltd at Jandakot Airport, Western Australia.
A complete history of VH-ZKF's career can be found by clicking onto the link :
http://www.twinotterarchive.com/MSN_43-19MAY2012_ORG.pdf
You will note VH-ZKF was also once registered VH-TZL, and operated by several airlines including AeroPelican, Noosa Air, Sunstate Airlines, Flight West Airlines, Whitaker Air Charter and Karratha Flying Services during that time.
On another note, Bundaberg planespotter Micah S has also shared photo's depicting a couple of Becker Helicopters Bell 206 choppers that were also recently captured at the rum city.
For readers who may not be familiar, Becker Helicopters is a Maroochydore / Sunshine Coast Airport based Helicopter Pilot Academy and regularly conduct training flights to Bundaberg using the airports Non-Directional Beacon as part of the academy's curriculum.
All photo's contributed by Micah S.
