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On This Day - April 30, 1943. The United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47A-20-DL '42-23424' was delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force at Brisbane (Archerfield) under the 'lend / lease' agreement. It was allocated the Military Registration A65-9. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1970. The ex Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECD, that had been leased to Air New Zealand and reregistered as ZK-TED, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on delivery to Air New Zealand, for joint operation on trans-Tasman services. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1971. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLA 'John Eyre' operated its final passenger service as Flight TN406 from Canberra to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane as Flight TN2890 for storage. It had flown 34,063 hours with 26,925 cycles. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1971. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLB 'John Gilbert' operated its final passenger service as Flight TN1948 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Brisbane as Flight TN1922 for storage. It had flown 33,826 hours with 26,843 cycles. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBA 'City of Canberra' operated its last passenger service, operating Flight QF93/94 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Nadi (Fiji) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from use and prepared for lease to Air Lanks. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1990. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZP, having been leased to America West Airlines due to the protracted 'Australian pilots dispute' as N115AW, arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from the United States, at the end of its lease. It was reregistered as VH-CZP on May 01. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1996. The Thai Airways Boeing 747-2D7B HS-TGA arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) on a 3-month lease to Air New Zealand. It was reregistered as ZK-TGA before it entered service. |
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On This Day - April 30, 1998. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJI, having been returned by Air Vanuatu at the end of its lease, entered service with Qantas Airways, operating Flight QF633 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then repainted into the standard Qantas livery at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - April 30, 2000. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMP arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Long Beach). |
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On This Day - April 30, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-ECB departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona) for storage as Flight QF7571. It was scrapped on-site in December 2002. |
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On This Day - April 30, 2022. The Bombardier DHC-8-402 VP-CRE arrived at Perth having completed of its ferry flight from Taiwan (Taipei City) on delivery to Cobham Aviation Services. It was reregistered as VH-IYZ on May 11. |
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On This Day - April 30, 2023. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNL 'Billabong' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States as Flight QF6040. It was the airline's 272nd Boeing airliner and its 23rd Boeing 787. |
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On This Day - April 30, 2024. The budget airline Bonza Aviation entered voluntary administration, due to major financial problems. It had suspended operations the previous day. Its fleet of 4 leased Boeing 737-Max 8 aircraft were subsequently repossessed by their lessors.
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