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On This Day - February 12, 1959. The Royal Australian Air Force Douglas C-47B-35-DK A65-72, having been withdrawn from military use and struck-off-charge on August 13, 1958, was sold to Adastra Airways Pty Ltd. It was reregistered as VH-AGU on December 24, 1959. |
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On This Day - February 12, 1960. The Ansett-ANA Lockheed 188A Electra VH-RMC, arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Burbank, California). It was the airline's 3rd Electra. |
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On This Day - February 12, 1966. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBR 'City of Wollongong' entered service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow) via the 'Kangaroo' route. |
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On This Day - February 12, 1982. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJO 'William Wentworth' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's new 'camel-hump' livery. |
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On This Day - February 12, 2000. The Ansett Australia Boeing 767-324ER VH-BZF operated the airline's final Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Taiwan (Taipai) service. |
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On This Day - February 12, 2011. The Qantas Freight Boeing 767-381F VH-EFR arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Paya Lebar) as Flight QF7572. |
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On This Day - February 12, 2012. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBT 'Kaikoura' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its final revenue service as Flight NZ10 from the United States (San Francisco). It was then withdrawn from use and all titles and airline logos were removed in preparation for its ferry flight to the United States for storage and scrapping. |
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On This Day - February 12, 2015. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFL returned to service operating Flight JQ733 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Launceston, following the fitment of 'sharklet' wingtips during its maintenance lay-up. |
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On This Day - February 12, 2023. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBE 'Kangaroo Valley' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6616 on its ferry flight to Germany (Dresden) for conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
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On This Day - February 12, 2023. The Alliance Airlines / QantasLink Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N947UW arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose) as Flight QQ9813. It was reregistered as VH-XVU before it entered service. |
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