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On This Day - July 17, 1946. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat ZK-AMB 'Tasman' arrived at New Zealand's Auckland Harbour, having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Poole). |
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On This Day - July 17, 1972. The Airlines of N.S.W. Douglas DC-3-G202A VH-ANR was withdrawn from service at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 17, 1975. Having finally negotiated a new lease / sale agreement with Seulawah Mandala Air Services, the Australian Aircraft Sales Pty Ltd Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair VH-INM departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its delivery flight to Indonesia (Jakarta). |
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On This Day - July 17, 1976. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBL 'John Eyre' was withdrawn from service at Melbourne (Tullamarine) and prepared for a 12-month lease to Iran Air. |
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On This Day - July 17, 1989. Following an extensive 6-month overhaul and repaint the Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBM 'Albert Namatjira' returned to service. |
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On This Day - July 17, 1994. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBT was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) after being repainted into the airline's livery, following its return from lease to JAL and Garuda Indonesian Airlines. The aircraft was now named 'City of Wagga Wagga'. |
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On This Day - July 17, 2000. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXC entered service, operating Flight QF506 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - July 17, 2003. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZX, now reregistered as G-CELE departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Bournemouth) as Flight SXA158 for storage pending its lease to Jet 2. |
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On This Day - July 17, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYB 'Cape Otway' arrived at Christchurch (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 146th Boeing airliner and its 26th Boeing 737. Whist at Christchurch undergoing its pre-service maintenance with Air New Zealand Engineering, winglets were fitted to the aircraft. |
On This Day - July 17, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZE 'Bunbury' entered service, operating Flight QF608 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - July 17, 2010. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGO entered service, operating Flight JQ762 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - July 17, 2017. The Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVL 'Preston Beach' was withdrawn from service at Brisbane. It was ferried from Brisbane to Nelson (New Zealand) the next day for end-of-lease maintenance and long-term storage. |
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On This Day - July 17, 2024. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXO 'Wilson's Promontory National Park' operated its last revenue service, operating Flight QF6216 from Launceston (Tasmania) to Melbourne (Tullamarine), where it was withdrawn from service. Later that day it was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra as Flight QJE6200 for storage. |
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