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On This Day - November 16, 1920. QANTAS was formally established, with the signing of Company Papers at the Gresham Hotel in Brisbane (Queensland). The company, based in Winton (Queensland) was registered with Fergus McMaster as its first Chairman. |
On This Day - November 16, 1944. The Qantas Empire Airways Consolidated Vultee LB-32 Liberator G-AGKU was badly damaged whilst landing at Perth (Guildford) when the nose-wheel collapsed, causing extensive damage to the nose section. It was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - November 16, 1973. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMV arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - November 16, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBT 'City of Canberra' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, SeaTac) as Flight QF501. This delivery flight was operated as a supplementary passenger service. It was the airline's 59th Boeing airliner and its 25th Boeing 747. |
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On This Day - November 16, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZQ operated its last revenue service as Flight AN1013 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was withdrawn from service having flown only 11,700 hours and prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for sale to America West Airlines. |
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On This Day - November 16, 1995. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBU 'Nalanji Dreaming' returned to service, operating Flight QF21 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Tokyo). This flight marked the airline's 75th anniversary. |
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On This Day - November 16, 1999. The LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767-35DER SP-LPA, on lease to Air New Zealand for 4-months, entered service operating Flight NZ135 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Brisbane (Queensland). |
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On This Day - November 16, 2001. The Qantas New Zealand (Jetconnect) Boeing 737-33A VH-CZR entered service, operating Flight QF4109 from Auckland to Christchurch (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - November 16, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGK was officially leased to Australian Airlines. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2005. The Ansett British Aerospace 146-300 VH-EWR departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) in an 'all-white' livery, on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Exeter) for further storage, pending its lease / sale. The aircraft had been stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) since August 05, 2002, following the collapse of Ansett the previous year. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2005. The Jetstar Boeing 717-231 VH-VQH was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the special gold 'LYNXjet' livery. It did not enter service in this livery as the promotional deal was cancelled after the aircraft had been painted. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXQ 'Retro Roo II' was presented to a gathering of invited press representatives at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the airline's 1959 livery, to mark its 95th Anniversary. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXQ 'Retro Roo II', having been repainted into the airline's original Boeing 707 livery, returned to service operating Flight QF562 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane (Queensland), following its presentation to an invited press gallery to mark the airline's 95th Anniversary. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-VFU operated its last service with the 'Uni Qld From Tokyo To Gold Coast' decals on it, as Flight JQ474 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Newcastle (New South Wales). |
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On This Day - November 16, 2016. The Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 737-8FV (P-8A) A47-001 was ferried from Melbourne (Avalon) to Canberra (A.C.T.) for the official 'handing-over' ceremony. It was then ferried to Adelaide (RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia) later that day. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2017. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZO 'Bendigo' operated its last service in the airline's 'New Roo' livery, operating Flight QF71 from Perth (Western Australia) to Singapore (Changi). It was then ferried from Singapore (Changi) to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF6005 for repainting into the 'Silver Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYZ 'Torquay' returned to service, operating Flight QF573 from Brisbane (Queensland) to Perth (Western Australia). This aircraft had previously been operated by Jetconnect as ZK-ZQG since June 28, 2011. |
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On This Day - November 16, 2019. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNJ 'Longreach' operated its first revenue service as Flight QF127 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Hong Kong. |
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