On This Day - June 05, 1967. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECA departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United States (Santa Ana), having been sold to California Airmotive / Air California. The aircraft had flown some 16,313 hours with Qantas. |
On This Day - June 05, 1979. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBP 'John Macarthur' entered service. |
On This Day - June 05, 2000. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMD entered service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - June 05, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGT was ferried from Alice Springs (Northern Territory) to Singapore (Paya Lebar) as Flight QF6027 for storage, pending its sale and conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
On This Day - June 05, 2023. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNM 'Mateship' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States as Flight QF7879. It was the airline's 273rd Boeing airliner and its 24th Boeing 787. |