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On This Day - December 20, 1957. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049G-82 Constellation VH-EAO 'Southern Aurora' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on a '19-day proving and goodwill' flight around the world. |
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On This Day - December 20, 1991. The Compass Airlines Airbus A300B4-605R VH-YMJ operated its final revenue service, operating Flight YM358 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. It was then grounded at Brisbane as Compass had suspended all operations due to bankruptcy. |
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On This Day - December 20, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBM 'Albert Namatjira' was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having operated its final passenger service. It had flown 44,927 hours with 34,600 cycles. |
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On This Day - December 20, 1998. The Ansett Australia Boeing 747-312 VH-INH was ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Singapore (Changi) as Flight AN4800, on return to Singapore Airlines at the end of its lease. |
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