On This Day - July 29, 1959.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBC 'City of Canberra' entered service, operating the airline's inaugural Boeing 707 passenger service, as Flight EM775 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to San Francisco via Nadi and Honolulu. It set a commercial airliner speed record on this flight for this route of 14 hours 57 minutes.

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On This Day - July 29, 1993.

The Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA, having been repainted into the 'Qantas' livery, returned to service operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - July 29, 2001.

The British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZI entered service with Air New Zealand - Mount Cook Airline.

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On This Day - July 29, 2022.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OFE arrived at Perth, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg / Finkenwerder).

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On This Day - July 29, 2022.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQH 'Reginald Ansett' returned to service following its COVID-19 lay-up, operating Flight QF11 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Los Angeles (United States).

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