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On This Day - September 11, 1946. The Qantas Empire Airways Ltd Douglas C-47A-35-DL VH-AFA was sold to the Australian National Airlines Commission for the new Australian airline - Trans-Australia Airlines. |
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On This Day - September 11, 1959. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith ) - Canada (Vancouver) Boeing 707 service. |
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On This Day - September 11, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBB 'City of Sydney' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Seattle, Renton) for conversion to a Boeing 707-138B standard by Boeing. At the time of this conversion the aircraft had flown some 6,350 hours. |
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On This Day - September 11, 1977. The ex-Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2013 Friendship VH-FNB that had been withdrawn from service and placed in open storage at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on July 05, 1976, and subsequently sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Indonesia) on August 28, 1977, departed Melboune (Tullamarine) as PK-MFP on its ferry flight to Indonesia (Jakarta). |
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On This Day - September 11, 1990. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBT 'City of Wagga Wagga' was involved in a major runway incursion at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) when it was inadvertantly towed onto the active runway in front of the departing Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 VR-HIJ. |
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On This Day - September 11, 1990. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJB 'City of Sydney' was involved an a near head-on collision with an U.S.A.F. Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, over Thailand at night and in cloud. It was estimated that the aircraft passed within 15 metres of each other. |
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On This Day - September 11, 1993. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RME operated the airline's inaugural international service, operating Flight AN219/220 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Bali (Denpasar) - Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - September 11, 1993. The Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAD 'William Light' returned to service following its repaint into the standard 'Qantas' livery, operating Flight TN454 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - September 11, 2002. The TransAustralia air Express Boeing 727-277AF VH-TXH entered service, operating Flight XM7074 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Launceston (Tasmania). |
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On This Day - September 11, 2005. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQS arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight JST990. |
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On This Day - September 11, 2009. The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNJ entered service operating Flight TT598 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. |
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On This Day - September 11, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGG 'City of Rockhampton' was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF6023 for maintenance and repainting into the airline's 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - September 11, 2012. The Airwork (NZ) Boeing 737-377 ZK-SLA having been leased to Alliance Airlines on September 07, entered Alliance service operating Flight QQ731/732 from Perth to Karratha (Western Australia) return. |
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On This Day - September 11, 2016. The Air North Embraer 170-100LR VH-ANF arrived at Darwin having completed its delivery flight from France (Clerment Ferrand, Auvergne). |
On This Day - September 11, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N954UW arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose). It was reregistered as VH-XVQ before it entered service, operating for QantasLink. |
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