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On This Day - December 04, 1943. The Commonwealth of Australia Douglas DC-2-112 VH-ADQ, being operated under charter by Australian National Airways to the A.D.A.T. crashed in very poor weather and darkness at Bendigo East, Victoria, whilst undertaking the scheduled Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne service. The First Officer was killed instantly when the starboard side cockpit struck a tree. The damaged aircraft was transferred back to the R.A.A.F. in February 1944 and sold back to A.N.A. for parts. However on inspection it was determined that the aircraft could be rebuilt and returned to operational status, which it was. |
On This Day - December 04, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBE 'City of Perth' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its ferry flight from the United States (Seattle, Renton) where it had been converted by Boeing to the Boeing 707-138B standard, which included a revised livery that was applied to the aircraft in Sydney over the next 3 days. |
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On This Day - December 04, 1966. The Ansett-A.N.A. Fokker F.27-2087 Friendship VH-FNL operated the final Queensland Airlines' passenger service, as Flight AN627 from Rockhampton - Bundaberg - Maryborough - Brisbane. On engine shut-down at Brisbane, Queensland Airlines ceased to exist. |
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On This Day - December 04, 1983. The Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAE 'John Fawkner' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse, Blagnac). |
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On This Day - December 04, 1984. The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBC, now owned by the Boeing Equipment Holding Company and reregistered as N747BM, was ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight BOE747 for storage. On engine shut-down at Sydney this aircraft had flown 42,570 hours with 15,688 cycles. |
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On This Day - December 04, 1995. The Freedom Air International Boeing 757-204 G-BYAF, leased from Britannia Airways Limited, arrived in New Zealand (Hamilton) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (London, Luton). |
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On This Day - December 04, 1998. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBQ was rolled-out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the Air Pacific livery. The aircraft was named 'Island of Vanua Levu', and re-registered as DQ-FJI. |
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On This Day - December 04, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXE operated its last revenue service, operating Flight QF494 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service, being the last ex British Airways Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 767 in the Qantas fleet. |
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On This Day - December 04, 2019. The Jetstar Airways Bombardier DHC-8-315Q VH-SBI was ferried from New Zealand (Auckland) to Brisbane via Norfolk Island as Flight QLK717/719, following its withdrawl from New Zealand operations. |
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On This Day - December 04, 2019. The Jetstar Airways Bombardier DHC-8-315Q VH-TQD was ferried from New Zealand (Auckland) to Brisbane via Norfolk Island as Flight QLK718, following its withdrawl from New Zealand operations. |
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On This Day - December 04, 2022. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N952UW arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose) as Flight QQ9811. It was reregistered as VH-XVO on December 22. |
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