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On This Day - January 01, 1955. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVD 'Hamilton Hume' entered service. |
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On This Day - January 01, 1974. The Ansett Airlines of Australia Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair VH-INK was sold to Australian Aircraft Sales Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - January 01, 1974. The Ansett Airlines of Australia Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair VH-INM was sold to Australian Aircraft Sales Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - January 01, 1975. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAH 'City of Launceston' operated a 'Cyclone Tracy' evacuation flight from Darwin, uplifting 154 passengers. |
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On This Day - January 01, 1984. The Ansett Air Freight Boeing 727-277AF VH-RMX arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from the United States (Dothan, Alabama) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration by Hayes International Corp. This was the first Boeing 727-200 to be converted to a 'all-freight' configuration. |
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On This Day - January 01, 1987. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277 VH-CZN departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Seattle, Paine Field) as Flight AN552, having been sold to the Wilmington Trust Co. |
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On This Day - January 01, 1990. The Ansett Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FND was removed from storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) and returned to service with Air N.S.W. |
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On This Day - January 01, 2004. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNA entered service, operating Flight QF4138 from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - January 01, 2006. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-303 VH-QPJ 'Port Stephens' entered service, operating Flight QF83 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hong Kong. |
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On This Day - January 01, 2008. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBG 'Barossa Valley' operated its first internation service as Flight QF129 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to China (Shanghai). |
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On This Day - January 01, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJS 'Hamilton Island' was badly damaged at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) when it was struck by a catering truck. It was being prepared to operate Flight QF75 from Sydney to Vancouver (Canada) at the time. It was repaired and returned to service on January 12. |
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On This Day - January 01, 2019. The Hevilift (PNG) Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVH entered service operating Flight HT773/774 from Brisbane to Middlemount (Queensland) return. |