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On This Day - June 28, 1958. The ex-Royal Australian Air Force Douglas C-47B-35-DK A65-109, having been purchased by the Commercial Aviation Company, Perth was ferried from RAAF Base Pearce to Perth Airport by a RAAF crew. The aircraft was then converted to a Douglas DC-3-S1C3G 'civil standard' by MacRobertson Miller Airline engineers. |
On This Day - June 28, 1977. The Air Niugini Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G VH-MMD, now registered as P2-ANU, was withdrawn from service at Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and prepared for sale to Travmar Holdings Pty Ltd (Mascot, Sydney). The preparations included a complete repaint of the aircraft into the 'Travmar' livery. |
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On This Day - June 28, 1983. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RME entered service, operating Flight AN8 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 28, 1986. The Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR 'Sir Hans Heysen' was ferried from Adelaide to Melbourne (Tullamarine) to commence operations with Ansett Airlines. It entered service later that day operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Wynyard (Tasmania). |
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On This Day - June 28, 1995. The Flight West Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A VH-XFU was ferried from Brisbane to New Zealand (Christchurch) on sub-lease to Ansett New Zealand for six months, to cover the recent loss of their DHC-8 ZK-NEY. It was reregistered as ZK-NEV the same day. |
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On This Day - June 28, 1997. The Ansett Australia Boeing 767-219ER VH-RMC, leased from Air New Zealand, was ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN4294. |
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On This Day - June 28, 1997. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGR 'Port Macquarie' entered service, operating Flight QF89 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Cairns - Sapporo (Japan). |
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On This Day - June 28, 2006. The Qantas Foundation Memorial Ltd purchased the original Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' that had been in open storage in the United Kingdom (Southend). It was reregistered as VH-XBA and prepared for its ferry flight to Australia. |
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On This Day - June 28, 2006. The Air New Zealand Link / Air Nelson Bombardier DHC-8-311Q C-FGAI arrived at Nelson (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto / Downsview). It was reregistered as ZK-NEH before it entered service. |
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