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On This Day - March 08, 1954. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 749A-79 Constellation VH-EAE 'Bert Hinkler' was used as a 'reserve aircraft' for Queen Elizabeth's Royal Tour of Australia from March 8 to March 27. |
On This Day - March 08, 1955. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049E Constellation VH-EAB 'Southern Horizon' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Burbank, California). |
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On This Day - March 08, 1960. The Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECD 'Charles Sturt', leased to Trans-Australia Airlines from Qantas Airways, entered service, operating Flight TN402 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - March 08, 1985. The Kendell Airlines SAAB 340A VH-KDK entered service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Merimbula. |
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On This Day - March 08, 1999. The leased Ansett International Boeing 767-219ER VH-RMC was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (RAAF Richmond) for repainting into the Air New Zealand 'Pacific Wave' livery in preparation for its return at the of the lease. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2002. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYB departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United States (Mojave, California) for storage and return to its owner, Ansett Worldwide, as Flight AN4040. On engine shut-down at Mojave the aircraft had flown a total of 39,501 hours with 21,889 cycles. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2002. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZW was ferried from Adelaide (West Beach) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN4041. It had been stored at Adelaide since September 13, 2001 when the airline ceased operations due to insolvency. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2007. The REX Regional Express SAAB 340B VH-JRX entered service, operating Flight ZL3263 from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - March 08, 2014. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBQ 'Wolgan Valley' was ferried from Singapore (Seletar) to Brisbane as Flight QF6006 after its repaint into the Qantas 'New Roo' livery, following its return from lease to Jetstar Airways. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJA 'City of Canberra' operated its last flight when it was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) facility at Albion Park Regional Airport, NSW, as Flight QF7474. This flight last just 12 minutes. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YID was rolled out at Townsville with 'Virgin Samoa' titles. The aircraft was also renamed 'Tapu Itea'. It was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane as Flight VA9938 later that day. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YIY 'Stanwell Park' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight VOZ9940. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZB 'Lake Macquarie' operated its last service in the airline's 'New Roo' livery, as Flight QF978 from Brisbane to Townsville. It was then repainted into the 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours. |
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On This Day - March 08, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQC 'Katherine Mansfield' operated its last Qantas Jetconnect service, operating Flight QF124 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Brisbane. It was then reregistered as VH-VZH later that day, and renamed 'Woden' prior to returning to service with Qantas Airways. |
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