On This Day - January 07, 1973. Trans-Australia Airlines' first Boeing 727-276A VH-TBG 'Charles Sturt' operated a 'proving flight' between Melbourne (Tullamarine) and Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then deployed on various 'crew training' and port familiarisation flights around the country. |
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On This Day - January 07, 2013. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F28-070 VH-QQR entered service, operating Flight QQ990 from Brisbane to Townsville. |
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On This Day - January 07, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGM 'City of Bundaberg', having been withdrawn from service at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on December 27, was ferried from Sydney to Alice Springs (Northern Territory) as Flight QF6160 for storage, pending its fate. On engine shut-down it had flown 81,194.11 hours with 26,163 cycles. |
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