Pilatus PC-12/45 ZK-PLS Gone

 Another of the Sounds Air & Tourism Ltd's Pilatus PC-12/45 has departed offshore.

Two photos taken early this morning at Ardmore of ZK-PLS2 c/n 363 - prior to its departure to Auckland International and then on to Samoa.ZK-PLS originally was with the RFDS Western Operations at Jandakot in West Australia as VH-KWO2 from 30-04-2001 until being delivered to Adelaide in November of 2014 for onward sale.
It departed Adelaide for Sydney on 27-01-2015 then on to Auckland on the following day. After a brief visit to Omaka it was flown up to Feilding for its NZ certification and became ZK-PLS to Sounds Air on 16-03-2015.

It flew for some time in its old Australian colour scheme - as seen below at Taupo on 20-02-2026.