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On This Day - February 28, 1955. The ex Qantas Airways Lockheed 749A Constellation VH-EAB, that had been sold to British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) on February 26 and reregistered as G-ANUR, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United Kingdom (London / Heathrow). |
On This Day - February 28, 1967. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBT 'City of Bendigo' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). It was the airline's 20th Boeing airliner. |
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On This Day - February 28, 1968. The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8-52 ZK-NZE arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Long Beach). |
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On This Day - February 28, 1977. The Qantas Airways Douglas C-54A-1-DO VH-EDB 'Norfolk Trader' was officially withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith), having flown 59,881 hours with 10,632 cycles. |
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On This Day - February 28, 1986. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBF operated its final revenue service as Flight QF46 from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Auckland (New Zealand) as Flight QF141 on return to the lessor (Boeing Equipment Holdings Company). It was then ferried from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF144, to undergo heavy maintenance with Qantas, prior to it being leased to PeoplExpress. On engine shut-down at Sydney at the cocclusion of this flight the aircraft had flown 44,642 hours with 13,491 cycles. |
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On This Day - February 28, 1992. The East-West Airlines British Aerospace 146-300 VH-EWJ was rolled-out with promotional 'Hamilton Island' and 'Reef Adventure' titles on the fuselage. |
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On This Day - February 28, 1998. The Henry & Walker Douglas C-47A-30-DL VH-MMA operated its final passenger flight. The aircraft was then placed in open storage at Darwin. |
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On This Day - February 28, 2002. Following the financial collapse of Ansett Australia, the Boeing 737-377 VH-CZF was ferried from Perth to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN4041 for long-term storage. |
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On This Day - February 28, 2003. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZW, now reregistered as N191FH, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight SXA146 on its ferry flight to the United States (Mojave, California) for storage. |
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On This Day - February 28, 2005. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-86Q VH-VOF 'Baby Blue' operated its last revenue service as Flight DJ333 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. It was then ferried from Brisbane to Christchurch (New Zealand) later that day as Flight DJ9080 for 'end-of-lease maintenance' and return to the lessor. |
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On This Day - February 28, 2009. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' returned to service after having the large 'One World' titles applied to it, operating Flight QF73 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to San Francisco (United States). |
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On This Day - February 28, 2022. The Cobham Aviation Services British Aerospace BAe 146-300 VH-NJE, having operated its last revenue service from Prominent Hill to Port Agusta two days earlier, was ferried from Port Agusta to Sydney (Bankstown) as Flight NC504, for lease to Pionair Australia Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - February 28, 2024. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW N296JB arrived at Adelaide (West Beach), having completed its delivery flight from the United States as Flight SXI2418. It was reregistered as VH-A2U on March 08. |
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