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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Surveillance Australia Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL - updated with link

Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL has concluded its NZ deployment having flown some seven survey flights from Christchurch up along the Kaikoura coastline mapping the effects of the November earthquake. The Dash departed Christchurch lat morning 15 December for Norfolk Island on its return home to Cairns.
Christchurch 03 December, supplied. 

Arriving Christchurch 10 December, Z Rae photo

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Arriving in Christchurch mid afternoon 30 November from Sydney was the Surveillance Australia Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL. Operated on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy, the Dash 8 is specifically equipped with LADS - laser airborne depth sounder - and based out of Cairns, Far North Queensland. 

http://australianaviation.com.au/2016/12/navy-lads-dash-8-deploys-to-new-zealand/

The aircraft is planned to conduct its first survey mission this afternoon (01 December).




VH-LCL arriving Sydney 29 November from Cairns, Grahame Hutchinson photos

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Surveillance Australia Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL - Updated 26 February 2019

Fugro LADS Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL has concluded its NZ tasking and departed Invercargill 23 February 2019 for Hobart as ASY1011. It then continued to Adelaide under its Australian civil callsign, "Navy Survey". 

From what we noted it flew round robin survey flights from Invercargill on 11, 18, 20, 21 and 22 February. 


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Posted 15 February 2019:

Dash 8-202Q VH-LCL arrived at Invercargill from Adelaide and  Hobart 10 February 2019 as ASY1011. Operated on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy, the normally Far North Queensland based aircraft is in New Zealand for seabed survey activity and last visited in 2016 where it flew from Christchurch.

VH-LCL conducted a survey flight 11 February of just over 7 hours duration.