On This Day - July 05, 1938. The Qantas Empire Airways Short S.23C 'Empire' Class flying boat VH-ABF 'Cooee' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Rose Bay) to Southampton (United Kingdom) service as Flight IW668 under the command of Capt P. Lynch-Blosse). |
On This Day - July 05, 1969. The ex Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBJ, now registered as N106BN, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United States on delivery to Braniff International. |
On This Day - July 05, 1990. The ex Air New Zealand Boeing 767-205ER ZK-NBD, now reregistered as DQ-FJA, was handed over to Air Pacific at Auckland (New Zealand). |