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On This Day - December 16, 1949. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S.25 Sandringham Mk4 Tasman Class flying boat ZK-AMH 'Auckland' operated its final revenue service, flying Sydney (Rose Bay) to Auckland (New Zealand). The aircraft was then withdrawn from service and stored at Auckland (Hobsonville). |
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On This Day - December 16, 1976. The ex-Ansett Airlines of New South Wales Fokker F.27-2013 Friendship VH-FND having been sold to Commercial Airways Pty Ltd, South Africa, t/a Comair, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its delivery flight to South Africa. |
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On This Day - December 16, 1986. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TAV 'Intrepid' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Renton). |
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On This Day - December 16, 1987. The Air Queensland Douglas C-47B-30-DK VH-BPN was ferried from Cairns to Brisbane for storage, pending its sale. |
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On This Day - December 16, 1993. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZV arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Dothan, Alabama) as Flight AN5981. This aircraft had been acquired from British Midland Airways. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2006. The Qantas Foundation Memorial Ltd's Boeing 707-138B VH-XBA 'City of Melbourne' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight flight from the United Kingdom (Southend). |
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On This Day - December 16, 2007. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBG 'Barossa Valley' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
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On This Day - December 16, 2009. The QantasLink / Sunstate Airlines Bombardier DHC-8-402Q C-FYIC arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto). It was reregistered as VH-QOV the following day. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2009. The REX Regional Express Airlines SAAB 340B VH-ZRJ entered service. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2010. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBP 'Ningaloo Reef' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith), having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight QF6020. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2013. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUC 'Peregian Beach' was ferried Townsville to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight VA9940, after being repainted into the standard livery by Flying Colours. It was the first 'Virgin Blue' aircraft to be repainted into the 'Virgin Australia' livery by Flying Colours. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-231 VH-VWN entered service, operating Flight JQ517 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - December 16, 2023. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYD arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JQ8995. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2023. The REX - Regional Express Airlines Boeing 737-8EH VH-8ZL entered service operating Flight ZL234 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2024. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-251N VH-A5B arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse, Blagnac) as Flight JST8991. |
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On This Day - December 16, 2024. The Skytrans Airbus A319-112 LY-FAB arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Lithuania (Vilnius) as Flight ITY8020. It was reregistered as VH-L7A on December 20. |
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