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On This Day - October 22, 1947. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 749 Constellation VH-EAA 'Ross Smith' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on the airline's first 'Constellation' proving flight to the United Kingdom. |
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On This Day - October 22, 1956. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-6B VH-INT 'Tatana' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Los Angeles). |
On This Day - October 22, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAC 'John Forrest' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse). |
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On This Day - October 22, 1988. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Paine Field) as Flight QF7632D. It was the airline's 73rd Boeing airliner and its 9th Boeing 767. |
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On This Day - October 22, 2009. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJS 'Hamilton Island' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with the special 'Soccoroos World Cup 2010' decals. It then operated a special promotional flight as Flight QF6167/6170 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) return. |
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On This Day - October 22, 2009. The Qantas Airways / Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQC 'Katherine Mansfield' entered service, operating Flight QF025 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - October 22, 2011. The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGF having been sold to Cargo Aircraft Management Inc, Florida and reregistered as N363CM, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Wilmington, Delaware) as Flight ATN363. |
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On This Day - October 22, 2011. The Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-YQC was ferried from Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Subang) to Perth in the airline's new 'Air Australia' livery, in preparation for the official renaming on November 03. This was the first aircraft to be repainted. |
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On This Day - October 22, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZJ 'Bowral' having been repainted into the 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours, was ferried from Townsville to Brisbane as Flight 6121 for return to service. |
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On This Day - October 22, 2018. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBM 'Tamar Valley' was ferried Singapore to Brisbane as Flight QF6013, after being repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery. |
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