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On This Day - December 14, 1949. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat ZK-AMB 'Tasman' operated its final revenue service, operating Flight TE442-030 from Sydney (Rose Bay) to Auckland. It was then stored at Auckland (Hobsonville) having flown 3,331 hours 14 minutes. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBP 'Alice Springs' was the first aircraft to use the recently extended Runway 16 / 34 at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1968. The Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27-6152 Friendship VH-TQN 'John Batman' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from The Netherlands (Amsterdam / Schiphol). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1974. The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP arrived at Auckland, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (California / Long Beach). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZI arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle) as Flight AN33. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1988. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBM 'Albert Namatjira' operated its final service in 'camel-hump' livery. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1994. The Ansett Australia / East-West Airlines British Aerospace 146-300 VH-EWJ was withdrawn from service at Brisbane. The aircraft was then overhaulled and repainted into the Ansett New Zealand livery in preparation for its lease to Ansett New Zealand. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' entered service, operating Flight QF107 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Los Angeles (United States). |
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On This Day - December 14, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXU 'Wollongong' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2017. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNB 'Waltzing Matilda' operated its first revenue service as Flight QF414 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 14, 2020. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-XFL entered service, operating Flight QQ9823 from Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - December 14, 2020. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 JA18JJ arrived at Alice Springs Airport, having completed its ferry flight from Tokyo (Narita). It was reregistered as VH-YXW on December 21, 2020 before entering service. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2021. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-YXS entered service, operating Flight JQ696 from the Gold Coast to Hobart. |
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