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VH-VXH. Boeing 737-838. c/n 33478-1137. |
This aircraft was originally ordered by American Airlines as 'N986AM' but it was not taken up The order was taken over by Qantas Airways Ltd and officially announced - October 28, 2001 It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'YC885' Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-VXH - April 15, 2002 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Boeing Field) - April 25, 2002 First flown as VH-VXH - May 09, 2002 Powered by CFM International CFM56-7B26 engines and fitted with winglets Accepted by R. Leplaw for Qantas Airways at Seattle (Boeing Field) - May 21, 2002 This was the 125th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways It was the 11th Boeing 737 delivered new to Qantas The aircraft was named ‘Warrnambool’ Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF6020 - June 08, 2002 It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - June 10, 2002 Delivery route: Seattle - Honolulu - Nadi - Sydney Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Ayers Rock as QF726 - June 11, 2002 It was involved in a tail-strike on taking off from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - February 01, 2005 To view the ATSB report on this incident click 'HERE' Registered to Sicily Leasing Ltd - June 23, 2006 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - February 01, 2016 Current with Qantas Airways |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, January 01, 2005. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-744.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, July 01, 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-326.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, July 01, 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-327.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Brisbane Airport, July 29, 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-350.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, August 07, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4620-669.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Perth Airport, November 19, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-745.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Perth Airport, November 19, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-746.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the original livery at Perth Airport, November 22, 2013. (R. Brown Copyright Image 4621-747.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 13, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-755.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 13, 2014. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-756.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, September 08, 2016. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4621-547.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, November 18, 2018. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-506.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 30, 2019. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4622-531.) |
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VH-VXH. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Warrnambool' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, March 23, 2023. (T. Haynes Copyright Image 4623-151.) |