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On This Day - December 31, 1968. The MacRobertson-Miller Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-RMQ 'Quininup' was destroyed when it broke-up whilst on descent to Port Headland, and crashed on Indee Station, some 45 km south of Port Headland, killing all on board. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1968. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 747 VH-RMO was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Essendon). It had flown 29,064 hours with 24,441 cycles. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1981. The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8-52 ZK-NZE operated the airline's last Douglas DC-8 passenger service into Wellington (New Zealand) when it arrived from Brisbane. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJS 'Peter Warburton' was renamed 'Douglas Mawson' at a special ceremony at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - December 31, 1988. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJB 'Fortitude' entered service, operating Flight TN492 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 31, 1989. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBF 'Ararangi' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Taipei (Taiwan) in the standard 'Air Chine' livery. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2008. The Australian air Express Boeing 727-277LRF VH-VLI 'Tania' operated its final freight service, operating Flight JTE092 from Perth to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then stored awaiting sale at Melbourne. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQO departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ7991 for end-of-lease maintenance and return to the lessor. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2023. The Qantas Freight Airbus A330-202P2F VH-EBE arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight QF7533, having completed its ferry flight from Germany (Dresden) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
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