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On This Day - January 31, 1969. The MacRobertson Miller Airlines Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G VH-MMD 'RMA Durack' was withdrawn from service at Perth (Western Australia), having flown 27,668 hours. It was then prepared for sale to Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea. |
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On This Day - January 31, 1974. The TAA Airlines of New Guinea Fokker F.27-2002 Friendship VH-TFA was sold to Air Niugini. |
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On This Day - January 31, 1981. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747SP-38 VH-EAA 'City of Gold Coast Tweed' operated a 'proving flight' from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to New Zealand (Wellington). On arrival at Wellington the crew participated in a tradional 'Maori Greeting Ceremony'. |
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On This Day - January 31, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZT arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). |
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On This Day - January 31, 1984. The Ansett Air Freight Lockheed 188AF Electra VH-RMC operated its final cargo service as Flight AN1403 from Cairns - Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then retired from service, having flown 51,261 hours with 40,015 cycles. It was sold to Turbo Power International on June 29. |
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On This Day - January 31, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGL was ferried from Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) after having the special 'Uniting Fans Around The World' titles and artwork, celebrating the Rugby World Cup, removed from it. |
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On This Day - January 31, 2016. The Airwork New Zealand Boeing 737-476F N934NZ arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Dothan, Alabama) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. It was reregistered as ZK-TLK on February 03. |
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On This Day - January 31, 2018. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQS operated its last revenue service as Flight JQ515 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ8993 the next day, for repainting into the QantasLink 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - January 31, 2023. The Bonza Aviation Boeing 737-Max 8 VH-UIK 'Bazza' entered service, operating Flight AB593 / 594 from the Sunshine Coast (Maroochydore) - Proserpine - Sunshine Coast (Maroochydore). |
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On This Day - January 31, 2024. The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXL departed Canberra on its ferry flight to the United States (Vctorville, California) for long-term storage as Flight SXI2411. |
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