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On This Day - December 10, 1945. The United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47A-50-DL '42-24220', having been deemed to be 'surplus-to-requirements' was sold to Australian National Airways (A.N.A.), having flown only 3,014 hours. It was registered as VH-ANV on December 17, and work commenced to bring the aircraft up to 'civilian' airliner standards, which was completed by June 16, 1946. |
On This Day - December 10, 1954. The Qantas Empire Airways Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat VH-EBX 'Pacific Chieftain' was sold to Ansett Flying Boat Services to replace their Short S-25 Sandringham flying boat VH-BRD 'Princess of Cairns' that had sunk whilst moored overnight on the Brisbane River on October 31, 1952. It was reregistered as VH-BRE on December 22. |
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On This Day - December 10, 1965. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBL was renamed 'Winton' for at least one day, to mark the airline's 45th Anniversary promotion at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 10, 1971. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBQ 'City of Ballarat' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the new 'ochre' livery. |
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On This Day - December 10, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZP entered service, operating Brisbane - Coolangatta - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 10, 1997. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN entered service operating Flight AN60 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2001. The Air New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZL, operated its last revenue service. It was withdrawn from service at Christchurch (New Zealand) and returned to the lessor - Bilmans Management Limited. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2005. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQM arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JST7990. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2005. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQH returned to service in the basic gold 'LYNXjet' livery with special Christmas and New Year messages. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2005. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMD was ferried from Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Newcastle following its repaint into the revised QantasLink livery as Flight JQ7982. |
On This Day - December 10, 2005. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMP was withdrawn from service. It was ferried to Sydney (RAAF Richmond) for repainting into the revised 'QantasLink' livery. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2011. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFD arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from the France (Toulouse) as Flight JST7992. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXE departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6023 on its ferry flight to the United States (Kansas City, Missouri) for storage and sale to Jet Midwest Group. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2016. The ex-Virgin Australia Fokker F27-050 VH-FNI, that had been stored at Alice Springs since May 04, departed on its ferry flight to Kenya (Nairobi) as Flight SYU1609. |
On This Day - December 10, 2017. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNB 'Waltzing Matilda' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6026. |
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On This Day - December 10, 2020. The Airwork Holdings / Toll Holdings Boeing 737-3S1SF ZK-TLE departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Bucharest (Romania) for storage pending its next lease. |
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