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On This Day - May 16, 1946. The ex-United States Army Air Force Douglas DC-3-396 '41-7697' was purchased by Australian National Airways Pty Ltd. |
On This Day - May 16, 1980. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMS, having been sold to Air Nauru and reregistered as C2-RN7, entered service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Noumea (New Caledonia) as a freighter. |
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On This Day - May 16, 1982. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJJ 'Edmund Kennedy' was involved in a collision with the Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27 Friendship VH-TQR at Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was repaired and returned to service. |
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On This Day - May 16, 1995. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZT arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Dothan, Alabama) as Flight AN5981. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2002. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQI entered service operating the QantasLink service QF1602 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2007. The Australian air Express / National Jet Express Boeing 727-277AF VH-VLF operated its final revenue service operating Brisbane - Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) awaiting sale, having flown 56,917 hours with 38,549 cycles. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZM 'Bathurst' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 169th Boeing airliner and its 49th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Dallas (Fort Worth, Texas) Boeing 747 service as Flight QF007. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2013. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZF 'Cygnet' entered service operating Flight QF822 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra. |
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On This Day - May 16, 2016. The Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 ZK-OXL entered service, operating Flight NZ677 from Auckland to Dunedin (New Zealand). |
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