On This Day - January 01, 1955. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVD 'Hamilton Hume' entered service. |
On This Day - January 01, 1984. The Ansett Air Freight Boeing 727-277AF VH-RMX arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from the United States (Dothan) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration by Hayes International Corp. |
On This Day - January 01, 2006. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-303 VH-QPJ 'Port Stephens' entered service, operating Flight QF83 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hong Kong. |
On This Day - January 01, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJS 'Hamilton Island' was badly damaged at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) when it was struck by a catering truck. It was being prepared to operate Flight QF75 from Sydney to Vancouver (Canada) at the time. It was repaired and returned to service on January 12. |