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On This Day - April 17, 1944. The USAAF Douglas C-47A-20-DK '42-93010' was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force under the 'lend / lease' agreement. It was allocated the Australian Military Aircraft Registration 'A65-46'. |
On This Day - April 17, 1944. The Commonwealth of Australia Douglas DC-2-112 VH-ADQ was returned to service, flying from Melbourne (Essendon) to Adelaide (Parafield), under charter by Australian National Airways to the A.D.A.T. following the completion of extensive repairs being carried out to it following its crash in very poor weather and darkness at Bendigo East, Victoria, whilst undertaking the scheduled Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne service on December 04, 1943. |
On This Day - April 17, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAD 'City of Melbourne' entered service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Christchurch (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - April 17, 1971. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 816 VH-TVQ, having been sold to Far Eastern Air Transport, departed Melbourne (Essendon) on its ferry flight to Taiwan (Taipei). |
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On This Day - April 17, 1984. The Air Nauru Boeing 727-77QC C2-RN7, having been dry-leased to Trans-Australia Airlines the previous day, entered service as a freighter, operating Flight TN2440 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. |
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On This Day - April 17, 1990. The Ansett Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FNF was transferred to Ansett N.S.W. Ansett N.S.W. was later renamed Ansett Express on November 28. |
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On This Day - April 17, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXF 'Sunshine Coast' entered service, operating Flight QF677 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - April 17, 2006. The Air New Zealand Bombardier DHC-8-311Q ZK-NEF entered service, operating Flight NZ8118 from Nelson to Wellington. |
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On This Day - April 17, 2011. The Airwork Holdings leased Boeing 737-3S1SF N919GF arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Miami, Florida). It was reregistered as ZK-TLE two days later. |
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On This Day - April 17, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJO departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) for storage and eventual scrapping. On engine shut-down the aircraft had flown 92,906 hours with 11,187 cycles. It was broken-up in 2014 |
On This Day - April 17, 2015. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBJ 'Margaret River' returned to service following its return from lease to Jetstar Airways and a major cabin reconfiguration, operating Flight QF597 from Brisbane to Perth. |
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On This Day - April 17, 2016. The Skywest / Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FNH was ferried from Perth to Alice Springs (Northern Territory) for storage awaiting sale. |
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