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On This Day - June 08, 1956. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-TVD 'Hamilton Hume' set a speed record of 82 minutes for the flight between Brisbane (Eagle Farm) and Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 08, 1979. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJJ 'Edmund Kennedy' was involved in an attempted armed hijack, whilst en-route from Coolangatta to Brisbane. Seaman Phillip Sillery, armed with a sawn-off shotgun entered the cockpit. He was quickly overpowered with no damage done to the aircraft. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBA, now leased to Air Lanka as 4R-ULF, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to Sri Lanka as Flight UL747B. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1989. The Airbus A300B4-203 P2-ANG, having been overhaulled and repainted at Singapore after its lease to Air Niugini, arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to Australian Airlines. It was then reregistered as VH-TAA. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1991. The ex Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBH, having been sold to the Memphis Group, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Greenwood / Mississippi) where it was scrapped over the next few years. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1995. The ex Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBF departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its delivery flight to Air Canada at Toronto (Canada). |
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On This Day - June 08, 1996. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGP 'Forbes' entered service as Flight QF45 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Wellington (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - June 08, 1997. The leased Air New Zealand Boeing 767-204ER ZK-NBI 'Arawhata' was withdrawn from service at Auckland (New Zealand) after operating its final passenger service. It was then ferried to Christchurch for post-lease maintenance before its return to Britannia Airways. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2000. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN 'Unity' departed Auckland (New Zealand) for Uluru (Northern Territory) as Flight AN2000, carrying the 'Olympic Flame'. It commenced its road journey around Australia from Uluru. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2006. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-YQH operated its final service as Flight JQ611 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Brisbane. It was then withdrawn from service and stored. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2008. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBJ 'Margaret River' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Toulouse (France) as Flight QF6008. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2009. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNB operated its final revenue service as Flight QF2772 from Queenstown (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was withdrawn from service having flown 61,633 hours with 43,176 cycles. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZD 'Geelong' returned to service, operating Flight QF967 from Townsville to Brisbane after being repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours. |
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