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On This Day - December 11, 1951. The Trans Oceanic Airways Short S.45 Solent Mk 3 flying boat VH-TOD 'Somerset' entered service, operating Sydney (Rose Bay) to Hobart (Derwent River). |
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On This Day - December 11, 1972. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBG 'Charles Sturt' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - December 11, 1994. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZA was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) with fuselage artwork depicting 'Waltzing Matilda'. The artwork, which took 8 days to apply, was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this iconic poem by Banjo Paterson. |
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On This Day - December 11, 1994. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 747-312 VH-INH returned to service following its repair after sustaining major damage whilst landing at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on October 19. |
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On This Day - December 11, 1998. The Swiss World Boeing 767-219ER HB-IIX, that had been sub-leased from Ansett International on June 29, 1998 for 23 months, arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of its ferry flight from Geneva (Switzerland) following the airline's collapse. The aircraft was then stored at Melbourne (Tullamrine) before being reregistered as VH-RMC on January 29, 1999. |
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On This Day - December 11, 2007. The Tiger Airways Airbus A320-232 Vh-VNF arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Toulouse (France). |
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On This Day - December 11, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXB departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time as Flight QF6025, on its ferry flight to the United States (Roswell, New Mexico) for storage and eventual scrapping in 2013. |
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On This Day - December 11, 2013. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTQ operated its last 'fly-in / fly-out' service for Alliance Airlines, operating Flight UTY738 from Karratha to Perth. It was then ferried Perth - Adelaide (West Beach) the next day as Flight AWK11 at the end of the dry-lease contract to Alliance. |
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On This Day - December 11, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZK 'Cook' entered service, operating Flight QF412 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 11, 2018. The Air New Zealand Airbus A321-271NX ZK-NNC arrived at Auckland, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight NZ6092. |
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On This Day - December 11, 2021. The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8SA VH-IWX, leased from Silk Air, was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane as Flight VA9928, after being repainting by Flying Colours into an 'all-white' livery. |
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