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On This Day - July 22, 1969. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZF entered service, operating Melbourne (Essendon) to Hobart. |
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On This Day - July 22, 1976. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 747 VH-RMO was finally broken-up for scap at Melbourne (Essendon). Its intended sale to Pan Indonesian Airlines many years earlier did not eventuate, and the aircraft sat in the Essendon Airport graveyard in a hybrid livery. |
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On This Day - July 22, 1977. The Travmar Holdings Pty Ltd Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G P2-ANU arrived at Sydney (Bankstown) having completed its delivery flight from Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea). It was reregistered as VH-MMD on August 12, before it entered service. |
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On This Day - July 22, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA 'James Cook' entered service, operating Flight TN534 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 22, 1988. The Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR 'Sir Hans Heysen' operated its final revenue service, operating Flight AN857/858 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Devonport (Tasmania) - Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having flown 52,587 hours with 53,493 cycles. |
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On This Day - July 22, 1997. The Ansett New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZJ 'City of Nelson', was unveiled at Christchurch (New Zealand) with children's artwork to highlight the airline's contribution to the 'Children's Trust' which Ansett New Zealand founded in 1991, and to celebrate the airline's 10th birthday. |
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On This Day - July 22, 2007. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie', having been wet-leased to Air Pacific for 1 month and carrying 'Air Pacific' titles, operated its first service, operating Flight FJ920 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Nadi (Fiji). |
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On This Day - July 22, 2007. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGD 'Maitland' was ferried Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the airline's 'New Roo' livery, as Flight QF6110. |
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On This Day - July 22, 2019. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F28-070 VH-QQW departed Perth on the ferry flight to the Norwich, United Kingdom as Flight SXI1910 for maintenance and repainting. |
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On This Day - July 22, 2020. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ 'Wunala' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, operating Flight QF747 to the United States (Los Angeles) for storage and eventual sale. It was the airline's last Boeing 747. |
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