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On This Day - April 27, 1950. The Tasman Empire Airways Ltd Short S.25 Sandringham Mk 4 Tasman Class flying boat ZK-AMH was ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Brisbane for sale to Barrier Reef Airways the following day for 5,000 Pounds. |
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On This Day - April 27, 1951. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 749 Constellation VH-EAF 'Horace Brinsmead', having been purchased from Air India on April 20, arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of its delivery flight from Bombay (India). |
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On This Day - April 27, 1963. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECD 'Pacific Enterprise' operated the airline's first 'Electra' service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to South Africa (Johannesburg) replacing the Lockheed Constellation. |
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On This Day - April 27, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZV arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). |
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On This Day - April 27, 1996. The Freedom Air International Boeing 757-204 G-BYAF departed New Zealand (Auckland) on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (London / Luton) on return to Britannia Airways at the end of the lease. |
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On This Day - April 27, 1998. The leased Air New Zealand Boeing 767-35HER ZK-NCM, having been sub-leased to Airtours International Airways (UK) for the northern summer season, departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (London / Garwick). |
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On This Day - April 27, 2004. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQI was ferried from Sydney (Richmond) to Newcastle after its repaint into the 'silver' Jetstar livery. It was the first Boeing 717 to be repainted into this livery. |
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On This Day - April 27, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZZ 'Walpole' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight 6024. It was the airline's 182nd Boeing airliner and its 62nd Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - April 27, 2016. The Airwork New Zealand Boeing 737-476F ZK-TLK, having been repainted into the standard 'Toll' livery whilst undergoing maintenance at Auckland (New Zealand), returned to service, operating Toll Flight TFR42 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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