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On This Day - February 18, 1949. The Qantas Empire Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-EBK arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight. The aircraft was renamed 'Malayan Trader' before entering service. |
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On This Day - February 18, 1955. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas C-47A-35-DL VH-AEZ was sold to East-West Airlines. It was reregistered as VH-EWD before it entered service. |
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On This Day - February 18, 2008. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBI 'Yarra Valley' entered service, operating Flight QF8566 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Perth. |
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On This Day - February 18, 2019. The final flight of the Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJS 'Hamilton Island' was from San Francisco to Mojave as Flight QF6021, a flight time of 53 minutes. On engine shut-down it had flown 92,000 hours 28 minutes with 9,576 cycles. The aircraft was then scrapped for parts. |
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On This Day - February 18, 2021. The first mid-air wedding ceremony aboard a Virgin Australia aircraft took place on their Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFX 'Mackenzie Bay'. The aircraft was operating Flight VA841 from Melbourne (Tullamarine - 12:32 AEST) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith - 13:37 AEST). The lucky couple were Elaine Tiong and Luke Serdar. |
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