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On This Day - July 28, 1966. The Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR 'RMA Robe' entered service. |
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On This Day - July 28, 1977. The Air Niugini Douglas C-47B-30-DK P2-ANV, previously registered as P2-MML, operated its last passenger service from Mt Hagen to Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), where it was withdrawn from use, having flown 33,010 hours. |
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On This Day - July 28, 1983. The Setair Pty Ltd Douglas C-47A-30-DL VH-MWQ 'Gooney Bird' was sold to Air North Pty Ltd for $A17,000. The company then spent an estimated $A150,000 to rebuild the aircraft, before it was reregistered as VH-MMA on November 15. |
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On This Day - July 28, 1988. The Dakota Airways Douglas C-47B-35-DK VH-AGU was badly damaged at Brisbane (Archerfield) when a Cessna 182 ran into it. It was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - July 28, 2001. The Hardy Aviation Douglas C-47A-30-DL VH-MMA was test-flown at Darwin, following its lengthy overhaul by SAE Aircraft Maintenance. The aircraft had been acquired by John Hardy back in 1999. |
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On This Day - July 28, 2005. The Air New Zealand Bombardier DHC-8-311Q 'C-FCPO' arrived at Nelson (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Downsview). It was reregistered as ZK-NEA the next day. |
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On This Day - July 28, 2009. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402Q 'C-FXAZ' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Downsview). It was reregistered as VH-QOS on July 30. |
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On This Day - July 28, 2023. The REX Regional Express Boeing 737-8SA VH-8KH arrived at Brisbane (04:30 AET) having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Changi). |
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On This Day - July 28, 2025. The Jetstar (Asia) Airbus A320-232 9V-JSN operated its last revenue service as Flight 3K538 from Phuket to Singapore. It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for its ferry flight to Australia (Alice Springs) for storage. |
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