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On This Day - August 18, 1954. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 749A-79 Constellation VH-EAE 'Bert Hinkler' having been sold to British Overseas Airways Corporation, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its delivery flight to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow). |
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On This Day - August 18, 1960. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBE 'City of Perth' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for Italy (Rome) carrying the Australian Olympic Team for the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. |
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On This Day - August 18, 1960. Qantas Airways leased the Lockheed 1049G-82 Constellation N9722C from Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, to cover a capacity shortfall. This aircraft was the ex Qantas Constellation VH-EAO. |
On This Day - August 18, 1970. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 816 VH-TVP 'John Gould' operated its last passenger service as Flight TN473 from Canberra to Melbourne (Essendon). This was the last Vickers Viscount passenger service flown in Australia. |
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On This Day - August 18, 1979. The Masling Commuter Air Services Douglas C-47A-30-DL VH-MWQ, having flown 64,134 hours to date, was sold to Setair Pty Ltd. The aircraft was named 'Gooney Bird'. |
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On This Day - August 18, 1990. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJG arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery and first revenue service flight from the United States via Canada (Vancouver) as Flight QF7447. It was the airline's 84th Boeing airliner and its 37th Boeing 747. |
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On This Day - August 18, 1994. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TAX 'Success' had the distinction of operating the airline's final Boeing 737 service in the 'Australian' livery, when it operated Flight QF637 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then repainted at Melbourne. |
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On This Day - August 18, 2001. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMD was ferried Brisbane to Sydney (RAAF Richmond) for repainting into the QantasLink livery. It was the last Impulse Boeing 717 to acquire this livery. |
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On This Day - August 18, 2013. The Qantas Freight Boeing 737-376SF VH-XML returned to service following its overhaul and repaint by ANZES, operating Flight QF7335 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - August 18, 2014. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ arrived at Auckland having completed its ferry flight from the United States (Jacksonville) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. The aircraft was then prepared to enter service for 'Toll Aviation' |
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