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On This Day - November 16, 1920. QANTAS was formally established, with the signing of Company Papers at the Gresham Hotel in Brisbane, Queensland. The company, based in Winton, was registered with Fergus McMaster as its first Chairman. |
On This Day - November 16, 1944. The Qantas Empire Airways Consolidated Vultee LB-32 Liberator G-AGKU was badly damaged whilst landing at Perth (Guildford) when the nose-wheel collapsed, causing extensive damage to the nose section. It was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - November 16, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBT 'City of Canberra' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / SeaTac) as Flight QF501. This delivery flight was operated as a supplementary passenger service. It was the airline's 59th Boeing airliner and its 25th Boeing 747. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2005. The Jetstar Boeing 717-231 VH-VQH was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the special gold 'LYNXjet' livery. It did not enter service in this livery as the promotional deal was cancelled after the aircraft had been painted. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXQ 'Retro Roo II' was presented to a gathering of invited press representatives at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the airline's 1959 livery, to mark its 95th Anniversary. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXQ 'Retro Roo II' returned to service, operating Flight QF562 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane, following its presentation to an invited press gallery to mark the airline's 95th Anniversary. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-VFU operated its last service with the 'Uni Qld From Tokyo To Gold Coast' decals on it, as Flight JQ474 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Newcastle. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2017. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZO 'Bendigo' operated its last service in the airline's 'New Roo' livery, operating Flight QF71 from Perth to Singapore (Changi). It was then ferried from Singapore (Changi) to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF6005 for repainting into the 'Silver Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2019. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNJ 'Longreach' operated its first revenue service as Flight QF127 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Hong Kong. |
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