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On This Day - March 07, 1954. The Ansett Airways Short S.25 Sandringham Mk 4 flying boat VH-BRC 'Beachcomber' suffered a serious accident whilst taxiing out to take-off on Sydney Harbour. The left-wing's float snapped off and the wing came close to entereing the water. A number of passengers climbed out through the upper cockpit hatch and crawled out onto the aircraft's right wing to act as a counter-balance until help arrived. |
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On This Day - March 07, 1966. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBR 'City of Wollongong' flew a 'proving flight' from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to South Africa (Johanessburg). |
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On This Day - March 07, 1991. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYJ entered service, operating Flight AN4 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - March 07, 2012. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFG 'Hanson Bay' entered service, operating Flight DJ206 from Brisbane to Canberra. |
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