On This Day - June 15, 1946.

The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-AND 'Tatana' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (California / San Francisco).

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On This Day - June 15, 1955.

The ex Trans Oceanic Airways Short S.45 Solent Mk 3 flying boat VH-TOD, now registered as N9945F to South Pacific Air Lines, Oakland, California, USA, departed Sydney (Rose Bay) on its ferry flight to the United States (California / Oakland). The aircraft never flew again.

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On This Day - June 15, 1992.

The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCE, leased from I.L.F.C., arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett / Paine Field).

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On This Day - June 15, 2001.

The QantasLink Boeing 717-23S VH-AFR, having just been repainted into its new livery, operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Maroochydore service as Flight QF882.

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On This Day - June 15, 2002.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXI 'Oodnadatta' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF 6020. It was the airline's 126th Boeing airliner and its 12th Boeing 737.

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On This Day - June 15, 2006.

The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNA was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Avalon) as Flight QF6002, to be converted into an 'all-freight' configuration.

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On This Day - June 15, 2008.

The Alliance Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FKV arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Taiwan (Taichung) as Flight SXI1823 in the Mandarin Airlines livery.

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On This Day - June 15, 2008.

The Pacific Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUH 'Lady Rebecca', now reregistered as ZK-PBI, was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight PBN9070. It entered Pacific Blue service the same day, operating Flight DJ3025 from Christchurch to Wellington.

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