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On This Day - March 03, 1942. The Short S.23C Empire Class flying boat G-AEUC 'Corinna' was destroyed whilst moored on the water at Broome, Western Australia, waiting to be refuelled. Nine Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeros, that were based at Koepang, Indonesia carried out the raid. A total of 15 flying boats were destroyed that morning. |
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On This Day - March 03, 1942. The Royal Australia Air Force Short S.23C Empire Class flying boat A18-10 was destroyed whilst moored on the water at Broome, Western Australia, when nine Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeros, that were based at Koepang, Indonesia carried out an early morning air raid on the port. |
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On This Day - March 03, 1955. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-6B VH-INU 'Kwinana' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (California / Los Angeles). |
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On This Day - March 03, 1960. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLB 'John Gilbert' set a speed record for flying from Melbourne (Essendon) to Perth in 4 hours 38 minutes. |
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On This Day - March 03, 1978. The Air Niugini Fokker F.27-2002 Friendship P2-TFA, the ex T.A.A. aircraft VH-TFA, was sold to Aerolineas de Guatemala SA t/a Aviateca. |
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On This Day - March 03, 1990. The Boeing 727-77QC VH-TBS was sold to Sherrard Aviation Pty Ltd, and then leased to National Jet Systems. |
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On This Day - March 03, 2006. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RMF departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) for storage and onward sale to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest. |
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On This Day - March 03, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXB was ferried from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Sydney (RAAF Richmond) as Flight QF6191 to have special 'Qantas Socceroos' decals applied to it. |
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On This Day - March 03, 2015. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YID 'Rainbow Beach' operated its last service in the current livery as Flight VA786 from Cairns to Brisbane. It was then ferried from Brisbane to Townsville later that day for repainting by Flying Colours. |
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On This Day - March 03, 2017. The Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 737-8FV (P-8A) A47-001 made its public debut at the Melbourne (Avalon) Air Show. |
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On This Day - March 03, 2019. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YVA, now repainted into the Tigerair livery, was ferried from Townsville to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight VA9931. It was officially leased to Tigerair on March 20 as the registered operator. |
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On This Day - March 03, 2020. The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUU 'Kingscliff Beach' was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - March 03, 2023. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-4MOSF OE-IAD arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Belgium. It was reregistered as ZK-AWA before it entered service. |
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