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On This Day - February 27, 1942. The Royal Australian Air Force Short S.23 'Empire' Class Flying Boat A18-12 was destroyed whilst landing at Townsville, Queensland. The aircraft was engaged in a test-flight having undergone maintenance there. |
On This Day - February 27, 1945. The United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47B-35-DK '44-76336' was transferred to Royal Australian Air Force under the 'lend / lease' agreement. It was allocated the Australian Military Aircraft Registration of A65-72. |
On This Day - February 27, 1977. The Qantas Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-EDA 'Pacific Trader' operated its final passenger service, as Flight QF436/437 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Norfolk Island - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service and stored awaiting sale at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having flown 55,120 hours with 9,807 cycles. |
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On This Day - February 27, 1996. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJX 'Trust' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6902. It was the airline's 105th Boeing airliner and its 1st Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - February 27, 2006. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCN operated its last revenue service, operating Flight NZ86 from Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok) to Auckland. It was withdrawn from service the next day and returned to the lessor. |
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On This Day - February 27, 2009. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with large 'One World' titles applied to it. |
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On This Day - February 27, 2011. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBQ arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse, Blagnac) as Flight JQ7992. |
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On This Day - February 27, 2012. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBU 'Rotorua' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its final revenue service 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 It was then withdrawn from use and all titles and airline logos were removed in preparation for its ferry flight to the United States for storage and scrapping.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 27, 2016. The Skywest / Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FNF operated its last commercial service as Flight VOZ2654 from Geraldton to Perth. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Perth awaiting sale. |
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On This Day - February 27, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N998QQ arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Brazil (Sao Jose dos Campos) as Flight SXI2107. It was reregistered as VH-UYO before it entered service. |
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On This Day - February 27, 2024. The Texel Air NZ Boeing 737-8FE(F) ZK-TXC was ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Townsville as Flight TNZ6103, for repainting by Flying Colours into the airline's 'Team Global Express' livery. |