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On This Day - July 26, 1938. The Short S.23 Empire Class flying boat G-AFBJ 'Carpentaria' was officially handed over to Qantas Empire Airways at Sydney (Rose Bay) after it had completed Flight IE671 from Pakistan (Karachi). It was the 3rd 'Empire Class' flying boat to be delivered to Qantas Empire Airways but it was not reregistered as VH-ABA until September 13. |
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On This Day - July 26, 1959. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLB 'John Gilbert' entered service, operating Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 26, 1966. The Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR 'RMA Robe' arrived at Perth, having completed its delivery flight from the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Schiphol). |
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On This Day - July 26, 1968. The Ansett-ANA Air Cargo Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair VH-INM arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Southend). This was the 21st and last Douglas DC-4 airframe that was converted to the 'Carvair' configuration. |
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On This Day - July 26, 1976. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBL departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Iran (Tehran) on a 12-month lease to Iran Air. |
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On This Day - July 26, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277LR VH-ANF arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). It was the airline's final Boeing 727. |
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On This Day - July 26, 1999. The ex Sunstate / QantasLink Short 360-100 VH-BWO, having been sold to Air Cargo Carriers (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and reregistered as N368AC, departed Brisbane on its ferry flight to the United States (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). |
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On This Day - July 26, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXL 'Charleville' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 129th Boeing airliner and its 15th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - July 26, 2005. The Comair Boeing 737-376 ZS-OKJ departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its delivery flight to South Africa (Johannesburg). This aircraft was the ex Qantas Airways aircraft VH-TAV. It was delivered to Comair in the basic Qantas livery. |
On This Day - July 26, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXS 'St. Helens' was ferried from Singapore (Seletar) to Darwin as Flight QF6020 after being repainting into the airline's 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - July 26, 2013. The Virgin Australia Aerospatiale ATR0-72-212A VH-FVZ 'Angourie Beach' entered service, operating Flight VA1661 from Brisbane to Moranbah. |
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On This Day - July 26, 2013. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFR 'Scamander Bay' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight VA9506. It was the airline's 100th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - July 26, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNE 'Skippy' operated its first international service, operating Flight QF9 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to the United Kingdom (London / Heathrow) via Perth. |
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On This Day - July 26, 2019. The Air New Zealand Airbus A321-271NX ZK-NNF operated its first international service as Flight NZ891, flying from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - July 26, 2023. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX VH-OFY entered service, operating Flight JQ560 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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