On This Day - April 22, 1948.

The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-ANF 'Loongana' was sold to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines. It was reregistered as VH-BPC the same day, and renamed 'Resolution'.

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On This Day - April 22, 1948.

The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-ANG 'Palana' was sold to British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines. It was reregistered as VH-BPD the same day, and renamed 'Discovery'.

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On This Day - April 22, 1964.

The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-INK arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from Hong Kong, where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration by HAECO.

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On This Day - April 22, 1977.

The Air New Zealand Fokker F.27-5237 ZK-NFB 'Korere' departed the Netherlands (Amsterdam / Schiphol) on the delivery flight to New Zealand.

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On This Day - April 22, 1996.

The Freedom Air International Boeing 757-204 G-BYAF operated its final revenue service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - New Zealand (Hamilton) - Auckland.

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On This Day - April 22, 1997.

The Ansett Australia Airbus A320-211 VH-HYT entered service, operating Flight AN60 from Malbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane.

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On This Day - April 22, 2012.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQA 'Nancy-Bird Walton' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith), following the completion of its extensive repairs at Singapore, after it had suffered a major uncontained engine fire on November 02, 2010.

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On This Day - April 22, 2016.

The QantasLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-YQX entered service, operating Flight QF1553 from Brisbane to Canberra. It had been ferried to Brisbane from Adelaide (West Beach) as Flight QF6202 the previous day.

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