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On This Day - August 10, 1951. The Qantas Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk V 'Plymouth Class' flying boat VH-EBV 'Pacific Warrior' arrived at Sydney (Rose Bay) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Hythe). |
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On This Day - August 10, 1979. The East-West Airlines Douglas C-47B-35-DK VH-AGU was sold to the Great Pacific Aeroplane Company. Three days later it was resold to Aerodyne Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - August 10, 1992. The fuselage of the Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR was donated to the Melbourne Broadmeadows TAFE, and was removed from Melbourne (Tullamarine) by truck. |
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On This Day - August 10, 2002. The ex-Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYF, now reregistered as N270SE to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Cambridge) as Flight AN270, for delivery to Marshall Aerospace. |
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On This Day - August 10, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXN 'Freemantle' entered service, operating Flight QF611 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - August 10, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGR sustained damage to its APU exhaust and tail when it was struck by the wing of a Virgin Australia Boeing 737 that was being pushed-back from the terminal at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - August 10, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZM 'Coonawarra' entered service, operating Flight QF613 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - August 10, 2015. The Air New Zealand Boeing 737-319 ZK-NGJ operated its last revenue service as Flight NZ539 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was then withdrawn from service having flown 36,273 hours with 38,635 cycles. |
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On This Day - August 10, 2024. The QantasLink / National Jet Express Airbus Canada A220-371 VH-X4C 'Little Red Flying-Fox' entered service, operating Flight QF1271 from Canberra to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |