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On This Day - September 05, 1959. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' operated the airline's inaugural Australia - United Kingdom Boeing 707 service via the United States, flying Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Nadi - Honolulu - San Francisco - New York - London (Heathrow). |
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On This Day - September 05, 1965. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBP 'Alice Springs' entered service, operating a special charter flight for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow). |
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On This Day - September 05, 1977. The Ansett Airlines of New South Wales Fokker F.27-5234F VH-FCF arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Schiphol). |
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On This Day - September 05, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMV was badly damaged on landing at Melbourne (Tullamarine) whilst operating Flight AN1183 from Coolangatta. The starboard undercarriage leg passed up through the wing due to the heavy landing. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - September 05, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZF operated the inaugural Air Vanuatu Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Noumea (New Caledonia) - Port Vila (Vanuatu) service |
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On This Day - September 05, 1990. The East-West Airlines British Aerospace 146-300 VH-EWJ entered service, operating Brisbane - Hamilton Island. |
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On This Day - September 05, 1994. The Ansett Australia Boeing 747-312 VH-INH entered service, operating Flight AN881 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Japan (Tokyo, Kansai). |
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On This Day - September 05, 2001. The Boeing 767-35HER C-GGBJ, having been repainted into the Ansett Australia livery in preparation for its sub-lease to Ansett, was ferried from Toronto to Montreal (Canada) ready for hand-over. The aircraft was never delivered as Ansett cancelled the sub-lease before it suspended all operations on September 13. |
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On This Day - September 05, 2003. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNH operated the airline's inaugural Christchurch (New Zealand) to Brisbane service as Flight QF56. |
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On This Day - September 05, 2003. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-705 'Sultry Sapphire' entered service, operating Flight DJ750 from Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - September 05, 2008. The Bush Pilots Airways Ltd Douglas C-47A-1-DK 'VH-BPA' was removed from its display pole outside Cairns Airport, on instruction from the Cairns Port Authority (owners of the airport) due to concerns about its structural integrity. It had been on display in this location since 1984. |
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On This Day - September 05, 2009. The REX Regional Express SAAB 340B N394AE arrived at Wagga Wagga having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Nashville). It was reregistered as VH-ZRI before it entered service. |
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On This Day - September 05, 2009. The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNJ arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Seletar). |
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On This Day - September 05, 2013. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YIV 'Cylinder Beach' entered service, operating Flight VA304 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - September 05, 2014. The Jetstar Airways Boeing 787-8 VH-VKG entered service, operating Flight JQ25 from Cairns to Tokyo (Narita). |
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