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On This Day - October 16, 1952. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-AND 'Tatana' was damaged beyond economical repair when it crashed into a drain during a heavy landing on a shortened runway at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). The aircraft was dismantled and trucked to Melbourne and scrapped. |
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On This Day - October 16, 1955. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-TVD 'Hamilton Hume' set a speed record of 4 hours 04 minutes for the flight between Perth and Melbourne (Essendon). |
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On This Day - October 16, 1959. The Qantas Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-EBM 'Philippine Trader' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, on its ferry flight to the United States (Burbank, California) having been sold to Zantop Air Transport. |
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On This Day - October 16, 1964. The Ansett-ANA Boeing 727-77 VH-RME arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). This flight, along with the Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJA were the first tri-motor aircraft to cross the Pacific Ocean since Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm accomplished this epic feat in the Fokker Tri-motor VH-USU 'Southern Cross' in 1928. |
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On This Day - October 16, 1964. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJA 'James Cook' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). This flight, along with the Ansett-ANA Boeing 727-77 VH-RME were the first tri-motor aircraft to cross the Pacific Ocean since Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm accomplished this epic feat in the Fokker Tri-motor VH-USU 'Southern Cross' in 1928. |
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On This Day - October 16, 1989. The British Aerospace 146-200QC G-BPBT entered service with Ansett New Zealand. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2002. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-33A VH-CZR was reregistered as ZK-CZR. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2002. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-33A VH-CZS was reregistered as ZK-CZS. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2002. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-33A VH-CZU was reregistered as ZK-CZU. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2003. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOP 'Whitney Sundays' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9081. The aircraft was delivered in the 'Pacific Blue' livery. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2010. The Cobham / National Jet Express British Aerospace 146-300 VH-NJY was observed at Adelaide (West Beach) in an 'all-white' livery with 'Cobham' fuselage titles and the 'National Jet Express' tail logo. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2011. The Skywest Airlines / Virgin Australia Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVL 'Preston Beach' arrived at Perth, having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight SXA1147. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2011. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFH 'Mindil Beach' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DL9082. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2011. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8KG VH-VUY, now named 'Snapper Rocks' was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) after undergoing maintenance and repainting into the standard 'Virgin Australia' livery by Air New Zealand Engineering. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2014. The Qantas Freight Boeing 737-376SF VH-XMR was ferried from Singapore (Seletar) to Perth as Flight QF7302 after the completion of its maintenance and repainting into the standard Australia Post / Qantas Freight livery. |
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On This Day - October 16, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N901QQ arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose). It was reregistered as VH-UYR before it entered service. |
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