On This Day - July 20, 1959.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Renton). It was the airline's 3rd Boeing 707 to be delivered.

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On This Day - July 20, 1965.

The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8-52 ZK-NZA arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its non-stop delivery flight from the United States (Long Beach, California), a distance of 6,510 miles in 13 hours 32 minutes.

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On This Day - July 20, 1981.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277 VH-CZN arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle).

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On This Day - July 20, 2012.

The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YIJ 'Pennington Bay' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DL9902.

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On This Day - July 20, 2017.

The Express Freighters Australia / Qantas Freight Boeing 737-4S3F VH-XNH entered service, operating Flight QF7305 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - July 20, 2020.

The Air New Zealand Boeing 777-319ER ZK-OKP was withdrawn from service at Auckland (New Zealand) due to the COVID 19 pandemic, after operating Flight NZ1005 from the United States (Los Angeles, Californisa) to Auckland.

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