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On This Day - May 16, 1946. The ex-United States Army Air Force Douglas DC-3-396 '41-7697' was purchased by Australian National Airways Pty Ltd. |
On This Day - May 16, 1980. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMS, having been sold to Air Nauru and reregistered as C2-RN7, entered service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Noumea (New Caledonia) as a freighter. |
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On This Day - May 16, 1982. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJJ 'Edmund Kennedy' was involved in a collision with the Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27 Friendship VH-TQR at Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2007. The Australian air Express / National Jet Express Boeing 727-277AF VH-VLF operated its final revenue service operating Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) awaiting sale, having flown 56,917 hours with 38,549 cycles. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZM 'Bathurst' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 169th Boeing airliner and its 49th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Dallas (Fort Worth, Texas) Boeing 747 service as Flight QF007. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2016. The Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 ZK-OXL entered service, operating Flight NZ677 from Auckland to Dunedin (New Zealand). |
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