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On This Day - July 11, 1956. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 756C VH-TVJ 'John Forrest' entered service. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1960. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-6B VH-INT operated the airline's inaugural 'Golden Orchid' service from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Lae (Papua New Guinea) via Brisbane and Port Moresby. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1970. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMT arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - July 11, 1981. The Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR was rolled out in the airline's new 'Piping Shrike' livery. The aircraft was later named 'Sir Hans Heysen'. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1984. The Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27-6152 Friendship VH-TQN, having been sold to Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) on May 25, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight Denmark. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277 VH-CZN was badly damaged whilst landing at Apia (Samoa) when it stuck some donkeys that were on the runway. Part of one donkey was injested into Number 2 engine. It was operating a Polynesian Airlines service at the time. The aircraft was unserviceable for 3 days. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1988. Ownership of the Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAD 'William Light' was officially transferred to Australian Airlines, when the airline was renamed. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1988. Ownership of the Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBI 'McDouall Stuart' was officially transferred to Australian Airlines, when the airline was renamed. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBI departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Greenwood, Mississippi) as Flight TN1398. It was officially sold to the Memphis Group on July 15. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1996. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYX entered service, operating Flight AN60 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - July 11, 1996. The Kendell Airlines SAAB 340B SE-KSK arrived at Wagga Wagga having completed its delivery flight from Sweden. It was reregistered as VH-KDR before it entered service. |
On This Day - July 11, 1999. The Ansett New Zealand British Aerospace 146-200QC ZK-NZC 'City of Manukua' operated its final passenger service, as Flight AN789 from Wellington (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was sold to Titan Airways (United Kingdom) in September 1999. |
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On This Day - July 11, 2001. The ex-Royal Australian Navy Hawker Siddeley HS-748-2-268 N15-709, now owned by Horizon Airlines Pty Ltd, and registered as 3C-QQP, arrived at Sydney (Bankstown) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Norwich). It was intended to fit a large rear cargo door to the aircraft, but as Horizon was placed in 'administration' on October 14, 2003, this did not happen. |
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On This Day - July 11, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZO 'Bendigo' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 171st Boeing airliner and its 51st Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - July 11, 2014. The Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZE arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Paine Field) as Flight NZ6789. |
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On This Day - July 11, 2015. The Jetstar Airways Boeing 787-8 VH-VKJ entered service, operating Flight JQ35 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Bali (Denpasar). |
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On This Day - July 11, 2020. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' was observed at Tupelo being scrapped. |
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