On This Day - February 10, 1961.

The Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C VH-ECD 'Pacific Enterprise' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Burbank), to undergo wing and engine mount modification work to be undertaken by Lockheed under its (LEAP) program.

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On This Day - February 10, 1968.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAB 'City of Canberra' entered service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Tokyo / Haneda).

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On This Day - February 10, 1969.

The MacRobertson Miller Airlines Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G VH-MMD 'RMA Durack' was sold to Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea. It departed Perth (Western Australia) on its delivery flight to Papua New Guinea (Lae) later that day.

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On This Day - February 10, 1971.

The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJR 'George Bass' entered service, operating Flight TN414 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - February 10, 2002.

The Air New Zealand / Mount Cook Airline British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZM was withdrawn from service at Christchurch (New Zealand).

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On This Day - February 10, 2003.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TAG 'Advance' was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to New Zealand (Christchurch) as Flight QF6011 on delivery to Qantas Jetconnect. It was reregistered as ZK-JNG two days later.

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On This Day - February 10, 2008.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBI 'Yarra Valley' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight QF6008.

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On This Day - February 10, 2011.

The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUZ entered service in an 'all-white' livery, operating Flight DJ346 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - February 10, 2012.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJO departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) as Flight QF6019, in the basic 'Qantas' livery for storage and eventual sale.

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On This Day - February 10, 2014.

The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUV 'Binalong Bay' returned to service following its repaint by Flying Colours, operating Flight VA362 from Townsville to Brisbane.

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On This Day - February 10, 2015.

The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUL 'Ocean Grove' returned to service following its repaint by Flying Colours, operating Flight VOZ605 from Brisbane to Mackay.

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On This Day - February 10, 2016.

The Airwork New Zealand Boeing 737-476F ZK-TLK entered service operating Flight PAQ521 for Pacific Air Express from Brisbane to Vanuatu (Honiara).

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On This Day - February 10, 2017.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-303 VH-QPJ 'Port Stephens' returned to service, operating Flight QF433 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) after having the 'Sydney Mardi Gras' titles and logo applied the previous day.

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