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On This Day - March 29, 1967. The Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-6B VH-INH was sold to Sterling Airways, Denmark, via Australian Aircraft Sales Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - March 29, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAD 'City of Melbourne' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Renton, Seattle) as Flight QF051D. It was the airline's 28th Boeing airliner. |
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On This Day - March 29, 1970. The Qantas Airways Lockheed 188C Electra VH-ECD 'Pacific Enterprise' operated the airline's final Electra service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Wellington - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF322 / 327. The aircraft had flown 24,953 hours. It was then prepared for lease to Air New Zealand. |
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On This Day - March 29, 1974. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBN 'City of Parramatta' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - London (Heathrow) service via Perth and Bombay as Flight QF7. |
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On This Day - March 29, 1982. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBP 'John Macarthur' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's new 'camel hump' livery. It returned to service on April 02. |
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On This Day - March 29, 1993. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBA 'City of Ipswich' operated its final passenger service as Flight QF28 from Hong Kong to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was withdrawn from service, having flown 68,182 hours with 21,691 cycles, and prepared for ferrying to the United States for return to the lessor. |
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On This Day - March 29, 2000. The LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767-35DER SP-LPA, leased to Air New Zealand for 4-months since November 01, 1999, departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Poland (Warsaw) at the end of the lease. |
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On This Day - March 29, 2010. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VGU arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from France (Toulouse, Blagnac) as Flight JST7992. |
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On This Day - March 29, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJO 'City of Toowoomba' operated its final revenue service as Flight QF63 / QF64 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Johannesburg (South Africa) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with all titles and logos removed, before being ferried to the United States for storage and eventual scrapping |
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On This Day - March 29, 2020. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' operated its last revenue service, operating Flight QF28 from Chile (Santiago) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Sydney due to the COVID pandemic. |
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On This Day - March 29, 2021. The REX Regional Express Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-REX operated the airline's inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Gold Coast service as Flight ZL662. |
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On This Day - March 29, 2023. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-7K2(W) VH-NQI 'Noosa Heads Beach' arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Seletar) as Flight VA9948. |
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