On This Day - March 05, 1963. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049G-82 VH-EAO departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, on its trans-Pacific ferry flight to the United States, having been sold to California Airmotive Corporation. |
On This Day - March 05, 1981. The Aerodyne Pty Ltd Douglas C-47B-35-DK VH-AGU was registered to Garmet Enterprises Pty Ltd who were trading as Air Charter Centre. |
On This Day - March 05, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZU entered service, operating Flight AN384 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra. |
On This Day - March 05, 1983. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMX operated its final passenger service, operating Hobart - Launceston - Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - March 05, 1996. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJX 'Trust' entered service, operating Flight QF454 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
On This Day - March 05, 2006. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-336ER VH-ZXB was rolled-out at Sydney (RAAF Richmond) with special 'Qantas Socceroos 2006 World Cup' decals applied to it. It returned to service the next day. |
On This Day - March 05, 2010. The Tiger Airways Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-VNO arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore. |
On This Day - March 05, 2011. The Virgin Blue Airbus A330-243 VH-XFA arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Dubai as Flight DJ9082. |
On This Day - March 05, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJX departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) as Flight QF6025, for storage and eventual sale to Comair, South Africa. |
On This Day - March 05, 2015. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville) for storage and eventual conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration, as Flight QF6020. |
On This Day - March 05, 2018. The National Jet Express British Aerospace 146-300 EC-MCL arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) having completed its delivery flight from Belgium (Liege / Bierset). It was registered as VH-NJI before it entered service. |
On This Day - March 05, 2020. The ex-Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Aerospatiale ATR-72-212A VH-FVL was ferried from Nelson (New Zealand) to Cairns as Flight Velocity 9943 for storage. It was eventaully leased to Hevilift Australia on October 11, 2021. |
On This Day - March 05, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-YXU arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ7992, where it had undergone maintenance prior to entering service with the airline. |