Spotting at Gold Coast airport on a rainy Monday

This weekend was the Pacific Airshow on the Gold Coast, Australia’s biggest beachfront aviation event. Spanning three days along the Surfers Paradise coastline, it featured over five hours each day of aerial stunts, military jets, and vintage warbird displays. Over the next few days (time permitting), I’ll be sorting through the 5,000 photos I took and posting some of them here. My family and I arrived on the coast on Friday and checked out this morning, but instead of heading north towards home, we went south to the Gold Coast Airport to watch some of the display aircraft depart.

LLOYD AVIATION DASSUALT FALCON 900C VH-PPD (MSN 185)

AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRBUS A321-271NX ZK-NNE (MSN 8799)
NZ187 ARRIVING FROM AUCKLAND (AKL) 7 YEARS

JETSTAR AIRBUS A320-232 VH-XSJ (MSN 5482)
JQ431 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 13 YEARS

UNITED STATES MAIRNE CORP BELL-BOEING MV22B OSPREY
168345 (MSN D0248) 

UNITED STATES MAIRNE CORP BELL-BOEING MV22B OSPREY
168642 (MSN D0297)

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VIII VH-HET (MSN MV239)

COMMONWEALTH CA-18 MUSTANG VH-SVU (MSN A68170)

QANTASLINK AIRBUS A220-300 VH-X4J (MSN 55409)
QLK1573 OFF TO MELBOURNE (MEL) 8 MONTHS

CAPITAL JET CHARTER PILATUS PC-24 VH-88K (MSN 321)
OFF TO ALBURY (ABX) 3 YEARS

CESSNA CITATION LATITUDE VH-UCE (MSN 680A0316)

EXTRA EA-300 L VH-IOG (MSN 100)

AIRWAYS AVIATION CESSNA 182T SKYLINE VH-TOE (MSN 18282366)

JETSTAR AIRBUS A321-251NX VH-OFY (MSN 11410)
JQ499 OFF TO ADELAIDE (ADL) 3 YEARS

QANTAS BOEING 737-838 VH-XZJ (MSN 39365)
QF593 OFF TO SYDNEY (SYD) 12 YEARS

CESSNA CITATION CJ2 VH-VPM (MSN 525A0354) 19 YEARS

PILATUS PC-9A VH-T63 (MSN 563) 35 YEARS

FIJI AIRWAYS BOEING 737 MAX 8 DQ-FAD (MSN 64308)
FJ980 OFF TO NADI (NAN) 7 YEARS

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-020 (MSN 253)

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-035 (MSN 268)

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-044 (MSN 277)

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-023 (MSN 256)

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-024 (MSN 257)

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-021 (MSN 254)

RAAF ROULETTES PILATUS PC-21 A54-034 (MSN 267)