On This Day - February 15, 1949. The BCPA Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-BPC 'Loongana' was sold to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, having flown 8,441 hours to date. It was reregistered as VH-EBK the same day. |
On This Day - February 15, 1955. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-6B VH-INH 'Bungana' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (California / Los Angeles). |
On This Day - February 15, 1961. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLA 'John Eyre' set a speed record of 129 minutes for the flight between Melbourne (Essendon) and Brisbane. |
On This Day - February 15, 1965. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBN 'City of Parramatta' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
On This Day - February 15, 1984. Due to a down-turn in traffic, the Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA 'James Cook' was withdrawn from service at Melbourne (Tullamarine) and prepared for a short-term lease to Condor Airways, Germany. |
On This Day - February 15, 1990. The Australian Cargo markings were removed from the Boeing 727-77QC VH-TBS 'Ernest Giles' that was stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - February 15, 1995. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBH departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to the United States (California / Los Angeles) for onward lease / sale to Air Canada. |
On This Day - February 15, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXO 'Kakadu' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) with additional 'Sharing the Spirit' titles. |
On This Day - February 15, 2007. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight JQ7991 on its ferry flight to Manila (Philippines) for maintenance and repainting into the Jetstar Airways livery. |
On This Day - February 15, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZA 'Port Agusta' entered service, operating Flight QF673 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
On This Day - February 15, 2014. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQU entered service, operating Flight QF1510 from Canberra to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |