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On This Day - April 18, 1946. The United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47A-25-DK 42-93666 was sold to Butler Air Transport by the U. S. Foreign Disposals Commission at Tacloban (Philippines). It was registered as VH-AOH but it never entered service as it was destroyed during an acceptance flight in June 1947. |
On This Day - April 18, 1949. The Royal Air Force Douglas C-47A-1-DK 'FZ631' was sold to Qantas Airways. It was registered as VH-EAN on July 11, 1949 before it entered service. |
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On This Day - April 18, 1966. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 818 VH-RML sustained moderate damage when it landed at Brisbane (Eagle Farm) with the nose-wheel retracted. It was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - April 18, 1968. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 747 VH-RMO was leased to MacRobertson Miller Airlines for 5 months. The aircraft was named 'Oakover'. |
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On This Day - April 18, 1993. The Ansett / EastWest Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMN was withdrawn from service at Melbourne (Tullamarine) and prepared for return to regular Ansett domestic operations. |
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On This Day - April 18, 1995. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBF 'Ararangi' was ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Qantas Airways had been contracted to perform the 'end-of-lease' maintenance and to repaint it into the Air Canada livery, due to capacity limits at the Air New Zealand jet base. |
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On This Day - April 18, 2004. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQI operated its last QantasLink service as Flight QF1648 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then ferried to Sydney (Richmond) for repainting into the Jetstar livery. |
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On This Day - April 18, 2011. The Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-212 VH-YQA 'The Kimberley' operated the airline's inaugural Brisbane - Gladstone service as Flight VC520. |
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On This Day - April 18, 2019. The Express Freighters Australia / Qantas Freight Boeing 737-4S3F VH-XNH operated its last service in the 'StarTrack' livery, operating Flight QF7359 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. Later that day it was ferried from Perth to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF7390 for maintenance and repainting. |
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On This Day - April 18, 2022. The Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Airbus A320-232 VH-VNR entered service, operating Flight VA712 from Perth to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - April 18, 2023. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQV departed Canberra (12:36 AEST) as Flight SXI2324 on the ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) for storage. |