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On This Day - January 26, 1969. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Fokker F.27-6152 Friendship VH-TQQ 'David Collins' entered service. |
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On This Day - January 26, 1987. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZV operated its final revenue service as Flight AN39 from from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for sale, having flown some 11,000 hours. |
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On This Day - January 26, 1991. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYI arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
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On This Day - January 26, 1991. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-38ER VH-OGA, having undergone maintenance with Air New Zealand Engineering at Auckland (New Zealand) in preparation for its lease to Australia Asia Airlines, was returned to Qantas service in a non-standard livery, operating Flight QF40 from Auckland to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - January 26, 2004. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-315Q C-GZPN arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Downsview) It was reregistered as VH-SBW before it entered service. |
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On This Day - January 26, 2014. The Airwork / Toll Priority Boeing 737-3B7SF ZK-TLC was badly damaged whilst landing at the Solomon Islands (Honiara). The starboard landing gear collapsed causing major structural damage to the airframe. It was deemed to be uneconomical to repair and was written-off. |
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