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On This Day - February 21, 1969. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAB 'City of Canberra' was involved in a dramatic mid-air 'loss-of-control' incident, whilst operating the Bangkok - Bahrain sector on the Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - London (Heathrow) service as Flight QF739. As a result of this incident the aircraft was then known as the 'Bahrain Bomber'. To learn more you will need to use the 'link' below. |
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On This Day - February 21, 1979. The ex-Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJF, having been sold to Constance Leasing USA on January 23, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) devoid of all airline markings, on its ferry flight to the United States. |
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On This Day - February 21, 2002. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-86Q VH-VOF 'Baby Blue' was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Brisbane after having 'winglets' fitted by Air New Zealand Engineering. |
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On This Day - February 21, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQE 'William Pickering' entered service with Qantas Jetconnect, operating Flight QF132 from Auckland to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - February 21, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYF 'Evendale' operated its last service in its original livery as Flight QF974 from Brisbane to Townsville. It then entered the Flying Colours facility to be repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - February 21, 2019. The Airbus A320-232 VH-VNB was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Seletar (Singapore) for maintenance and repainting into the Virgin Australia livery. |
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