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On This Day - October 13, 1954. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVA 'John Batman' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Hurn). |
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On This Day - October 13, 1954. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720 VH-TVB 'Gregory Blaxland' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Hurn). |
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On This Day - October 13, 1959. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049G-82 Constellation VH-EAO 'Southern Aurora' having been withdrawn from service the previous month, after flying a total of 5,874 hours with 932 cycles with the airline, was sold to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was reregistered as N9722C. It departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) the following day on its ferry flight to the United States (Ontario, California) for storage. |
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On This Day - October 13, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZM arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight AN37. |
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On This Day - October 13, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZN arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight AN37. |
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On This Day - October 13, 2011. The ex-Ansett New Zealand de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102A ZK-NES, now being operated by Airlines of PNG as P2-MCJ, was destroyed when it crashed some 33 kms from Madang (Papua New Guinea) killing 28 passengers. |
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On This Day - October 13, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFT arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
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On This Day - October 13, 2013. The Nauru Air Corporation / Air Nauru Boeing 737-33A VH-NLK, that had been leased from the Yaren Aircraft Leasing Holding Corp on November 11, 2008, was ferried from Darwin to Subang (Java, Indonesia) as Flight RON800 for major overhaul and repainting, following its service with Norfolkair. |
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On This Day - October 13, 2014. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBV departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to the United States (Roswell, New Mexico) as Flight NZ6074 for storage and later sale to AerSale Inc, Florida. |
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On This Day - October 13, 2014. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFL operated its last service in the original livery as Flight JQ474 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Newcastle. It then underwent planned maintenance at Newcastle, which included the application of large decals in a joint promotion with 'Little Athletics Australia'. |
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On This Day - October 13, 2022. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-7K2 VH-NBV 'Christies Beach' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Seletar) as Flight VA9948. |
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On This Day - October 13, 2024. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYU entered service operating Flight JQ43 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Bali (Denpasar). |
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