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On This Day - October 24, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBB 'City of Sydney' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its ferry flight from the United States (Seattle, Renton) where it had been converted to a Boeing 707-138B standard and repainted into the new 'Qantas V-Jet' livery. |
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On This Day - October 24, 1980. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B(SCD) VH-ECC 'City of Shepparton' operated its first passenger service as Flight QF21 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Tokyo (Japan). |
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On This Day - October 24, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJP 'Charles Kingsford Smith' operated its last service in the original livery. |
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On This Day - October 24, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJR 'George Bass' was rolled-out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's 'camel-hump' following its repaint during the maintenance lay-up. |
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On This Day - October 24, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-ECB 'City of Swan Hill' now dubbed 'The Koala Express' transported 6 koalas from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Tokyo) to be added to the national zoo, as Flight QF21. Commemorative nose art was applied to the aircraft to mark the event. |
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On This Day - October 24, 1988. The Transcorp Airways Boeing 707-330C VR-HTC operated its last freighter service as Flight TC200/201 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Noumea - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was reregistered as VH-HTC on October 28 to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd, Melbourne. |
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On This Day - October 24, 1998. The Qantas Airways Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAD 'William Light' operated its final revenue service as Flight QF459 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). This flight also marked the final Qantas Airbus A300 service. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) awaiting sale. |
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On This Day - October 24, 1998. The Qantas Airways Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAE 'John Fawkner' operated its final revenue service as Flight QF439 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) awaiting sale. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGV 'Swan Hill' was officially leased to the Qantas subsidiary Australian Airlines. It was originally operated in the standard Qantas livery. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2003. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOP 'Whitney Sundays' entered service, operating Flight DJ342 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - October 24, 2004. The REX Regional Express SAAB 340B N360BE arrived at Wagga Wagga, having completed its delivery flight from the United States, where it was then stored. It was not reregistered as VH-TRX until April 14, 2005. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2006. The Australian air Express Boeing 737-376SF VH-XMO entered service, operating Flight QF7372 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Launceston. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2008. The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQA 'Nancy-Bird Walton' oprated the airline's inaugural Airbus A380 service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United States (Los Angeles, California) as Flight QF11. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2011. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUZ after having the 'Virgin Blue Proudly Flying The Fold Coast Suns' livery removed at Melbourne (Tullamarine) was briefly returned to service in an 'all-white' livery. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2012. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQF 'Abel Tasman' was ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6174, following the completion of repairs to the aircraft, after its unfortunate run-in with a catering truck. Following to certification of these repairs the aircraft returned to service later that day, operating Flight QF49 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - October 24, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGJ departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) as Flight QF6017 for storage and eventual sale and lease to WestJet, Canada. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUB 'Trigg Beach' operated its last service in the standard livery, operating Flight VA841 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then repainted into the Tigerair livery in Townsville. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2015. The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-YFU 'Emu Bay' entered service, operating Flight VA607 from Brisbane to Mackay. |
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On This Day - October 24, 2023. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-4Q8SF ZK-TLF returned to service, operating Flight AWK6 / AWK3 from Auckland to Christchurch return, following its repaint at Townsville by Flying Colours. |
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