On This Day - February 04, 1946.

The Allied Directorate of Air Transport's Douglas C-49B-DO '41-7693' was deemed to be surplus to requirements, and was sold to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd. It was then converted to civilian airliner standards at its Brisbane workshop to seat 21 passengers before it entered service in May.

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On This Day - February 04, 1955.

The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049C Constellation VH-EAG 'Southern Constellation' operated the airline's inaugural 'Lockheed 1049' service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Singapore.

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On This Day - February 04, 1979.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAD 'City of Ballarat' operated its final passenger service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Auckland (New Zealand) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having flown 37,140 hours with 14,618 cycles.

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On This Day - February 04, 2004.

The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-315Q VH-SBW entered service.

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On This Day - February 04, 2011.

The Qantas Airways / Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQD 'Sir Edmund Hilary' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 165th Boeing airliner and its 45th Boeing 737.

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On This Day - February 04, 2011.

The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUZ arrived at Brisbane in an 'all-white' livery, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9082.

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On This Day - February 04, 2012.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZX 'Daylesford' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 180th Boeing airliner and its 60th Boeing 737.

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On This Day - February 04, 2018.

The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNJ departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the Philippines (Manila, Clark Field) as Flight TGG9002, for scheduled maintenance and repainting into the 'Virgin Australia' livery.

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