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Firefighting aircraft in Western Australia: October 2025 – April 2026 N132CG/BOMBER 132 Lockheed C-130H Hercules (MSN 382-4338) of Coulson Aviation, at Busselton Airport - 18 February 2021. Based at Busselton during the 2020/21 fire season, under contract to the Western Australian Department of Fire and Emergency Services. Carries 15,000 Litres of fire retardant foam or water and is seen here at 4:17pm, performing one of its weekly test drops. Built in 1969, previously serial number 956 of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Photo © Jarrod Swanwick.

Firefighting aircraft in Western Australia: October 2025 – April 2026

8 October 2025
April 2024 aircraft photos VQ-BBM Boeing 747-83QF of Silk Way West Airlines at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 13 April 2024. Has a '10 Years' decal on centre fuselage. Flight 7L8111 to Hong Kong climbing after take off from runway 21 at 3:03pm. It arrived as flight 7L 9931 from Singapore, at 12:32pm.

April 2024 aircraft photos

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March 2024 aircraft photos 9H-BIG A340-312CJ of AirX at Perth Airport, Western Australia – 25 March 2024. Operating a Safrans du Monde charter flight. Arrived on 23 March 2024 from Melbourne as flight AXY361V. Seen here lining-up on runway 03 at 12:13pm as flight AXY431U to Singapore, with only 40 passengers aboard. The aircraft has 100 flatbed seats.

March 2024 aircraft photos

24 September 2025
February 2024 aircraft photos N410LC Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules of Lynden Air Cargo, at Perth Airport, Western Australia - 4 February 2024. Flight LYC4163 from Port Moresby, on approach to runway 21 at 3:03pm.

February 2024 aircraft photos

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