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On This Day - August 24, 1949. The Marshall Airways Douglas DC-2-115G VH-ADZ was reregistered as VH-CDZ. The aircraft was used for weekend joy flights over Sydney and surrounding areas. |
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On This Day - August 24, 1960. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049G-82 Constellation VH-EAO 'Southern Prodigal' entered service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Essendon) - Auckland - Nadi - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - August 24, 1960. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas C-47-DL VH-AEU 'Throsby' was ferried to Papua New Guinea for operations on the airline's internal New Guinea routes. It was reregistered as VH-SBO on January 10, 1962. |
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On This Day - August 24, 1965. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJC 'Arthur Phillip' entered service. |
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On This Day - August 24, 1989. The Australian Cargo Boeing 727-77QC VH-TBS 'Ernest Giles' flew its last freighter service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Perth. It was then stored at Perth due to the national pilot's dispute. |
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On This Day - August 24, 1995. Dakota National Air (Aust) Pty Ltd acquired the Douglas C-47B-30-DK VH-BPN. |
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On This Day - August 24, 2000. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-23S VH-AFR arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (California / Longbeach). |
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On This Day - August 24, 2007. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUK 'Mackay-Be 'Diva' entered service operating Flight DJ222 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - August 24, 2009. The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQD 'Fergus McMaster' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse) as Flight QF6022. |
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On This Day - August 24, 2011. The Qantas Airways / Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQH 'Charles Upham' entered service, operating Flight QF25 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Auckland (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - August 24, 2015. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-315Q VH-SBI was ferried from Townsville to Cairns as Flight QF6713, after being painted into the Jetstar livery by Flying Colours. |
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On This Day - August 24, 2021. The QantasFreight / Australia Post Airbus A321-231(P2F) VH-ULW entered service, operating Flight QF7300 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - August 24, 2023. The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXK operated its last revenue service as Flight QJE6201 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra. It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for storage. |