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On This Day - December 17, 1952. The Short S.25 Sandringham Mk 4 flying boat VH-BRC, now registered to Ansett Flying Boat Services, performed a number of test flights from the Brisbane River, following its return to 'flying status' after being layed-up since January 1951. It was ferried to Sydney (Rose Bay) the following day, to undergo Department of Civil Aviation checks. |
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On This Day - December 17, 1961. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-3 VH-ANJ commenced operations with Ansett-ANA Victorian Air Coach Services. |
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On This Day - December 17, 1961. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-3-387 VH-ANP commenced operations with Ansett-ANA Victorian Air Coach Services. |
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On This Day - December 17, 1961. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-3 VH-ANQ commenced operations with Ansett-ANA Victorian Air Coach Services. |
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On This Day - December 17, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBC 'City of Canberra' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the airline's new 'V-Jet' livery. |
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On This Day - December 17, 2001. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-86N VH-VOG 'Misty Blue' was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Brisbane as Flight DJ9022, thus completing its delivery flight. |
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On This Day - December 17, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXU 'Wollongong' entered service, operating Flight QF430 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 17, 2005. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQM entered service, operating Flight JQ274 from Melbourne (Avalon) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - December 17, 2006. The Air New Zealand Link Bombardier DHC-8-311Q ZK-NEO entered service, operating Flight NZ8156 from Nelson to Wellington. |
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On This Day - December 17, 2013. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUC 'Peregian Beach' returned to service, operating Flight VA811 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) after being repainted into the standard 'Virgin Australia' livery. |
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On This Day - December 17, 2021. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8SA VH-IJU entered service operating Flight VA775 from Brisbane to Cairns. |
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On This Day - December 17, 2022. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N944UW arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose) as Flight QQ9815. It was reregistered as VH-XVB before it entered service. |
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