On This Day - March 05, 1963.

The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049G-82 VH-EAO departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, on its trans-Pacific ferry flight to the United States, having been sold to California Airmotive Corporation.

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On This Day - March 05, 1982.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZU entered service, operating Flight AN384 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra.

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On This Day - March 05, 1983.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMX operated its final passenger service, operating Hobart - Launceston - Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - March 05, 1996.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJX 'Trust' entered service, operating Flight QF454 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - March 05, 2010.

The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNO arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore.

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On This Day - March 05, 2011.

The Virgin Blue Airbus A330-243 VH-XFA arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Dubai as Flight DJ9082.

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On This Day - March 05, 2014.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJX departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) as Flight QF6025, for storage and eventual sale to Comair, South Africa.

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On This Day - March 05, 2015.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) for storage and eventual conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration, as Flight QF6020.

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On This Day - March 05, 2018.

The National Jet Express British Aerospace 146-300 EC-MCL arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) having completed its delivery flight from Belgium (Liege / Bierset). It was registered as VH-NJI before it entered service.

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On This Day - March 05, 2020.

The ex-Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVL was ferried from Nelson (New Zealand) to Cairns as Flight Velocity 9943 for storage. It was eventaully leased to Hevilift Australia on October 11, 2021.

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On This Day - March 05, 2022.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-YXU arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ7992, where it had undergone maintenance prior to entering service with the airline.

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