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On This Day - October 16, 1952. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-AND 'Tatana' was damaged beyond economical repair when it crashed into a drain during a heavy landing on a shortened runway at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). The aircraft was dismantled and trucked to Melbourne and scrapped. |
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On This Day - October 16, 1955. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-TVD 'Hamilton Hume' set a speed record of 4 hours 04 minutes for the flight between Perth and Melbourne (Essendon). |
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On This Day - October 16, 1959. The Qantas Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-EBM 'Philippine Trader' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United States (California / Burbank), having been sold to Zantop Air Transport. |
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On This Day - October 16, 1989. The British Aerospace 146-200QC G-BPBT entered service with Ansett New Zealand. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2003. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOP 'Whitney Sundays' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9081. The aircraft was delivered in the 'Pacific Blue' livery. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2014. The Qantas Freight Boeing 737-376SF VH-XMR was ferried from Singapore (Seletar) to Perth as Flight QF7302 after the completion of its maintenance and repainting into the standard Australia Post / Qantas Freight livery. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N901QQ arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose). It was reregistered as VH-UYR before it entered service. |
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