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On This Day - September 12, 1949. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat ZK-AMD 'Australia' operated its final passenger service. It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Auckland (Hobsonville) awaiting sale, having flown some 4,409 hours. |
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On This Day - September 12, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) following its ferry flight from United States (Seattle) where it had been converted by Boeing to a Boeing 707-138B standard, with the fitting of new Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1 turbo-fan engines. |
On This Day - September 12, 1964. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBM 'City of Launceston' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Renton). It was the airline's 13th Boeing airliner. |
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On This Day - September 12, 1969. The Ansett Airlines of Australia Aviation Traders ATL-98A Carvair freighter VH-INK was rolled-out at Melbourne (Essendon) in the airline's 'delta' livery. |
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On This Day - September 12, 1978. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77 VH-RME operated its final revenue service as Flight AN55 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) pending its sale in January 1979. |
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On This Day - September 12, 1984. The ex Ansett Lockheed 188AF Electra VH-RMB, now registered as N358Q and owned by Turbo Power International, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Texas / Amarillo). |
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On This Day - September 12, 2001. With the Ansett Group of Companies fast running out of funds and lines of credit, its owner Air New Zealand placed the Ansett Group into voluntary administration with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. |
On This Day - September 12, 2002. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZP, now reregistered as S7-ABA to Regionair Pte Ltd, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Singapore (Paya Lebar) for storage, pending its lease to another airline. |
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On This Day - September 12, 2003. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZA was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Auckland (New Zealand) as Flight AN737, in preparation for its sale to Airlift Trading Ltd, New Zealand. |
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On This Day - September 12, 2009. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJS 'Hamilton Island' was ferried from Hong Kong to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) after it had been repainted into the airline's 'New Roo' livery. |
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On This Day - September 12, 2009. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGD 'Maitland' operated its final revenue service, as Flight QF925 from Cairns to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having flown 73,423 hours with 25,893 cycles. |
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On This Day - September 12, 2014. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBV 'Christchurch' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) from San Francisco (United States) having operated its final revenue service. This was the airline's final Boeing 747-400 service. It was then withdrawn from use and all airline titles were removed. |
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On This Day - September 12, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGR 'City of Corowa' operated its final revenue service, as Flight QF468 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from use at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) where all titles and logos were removed. |
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On This Day - September 12, 2014. The Virgin Australia Airlines Airbus A330-243 VH-XFB 'Cable Beach' operated its last revenue service, operating Flight VA694 from Perth to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - September 12, 2021. The Air Chathams Convair 580 CZK-CIB flew its final revenue service, operating Auckland - Christchurch - Auckland. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Auckland before being donated to the National Toy and Transport Museum at Wanaka (New Zealand). |
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