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On This Day - May 22, 1946. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-3-396 '41-7697', having been acquired from the USAAF, was registered as VH-ANI. It was operated in an 'all-freight' configuration with a starboard-side cargo door. |
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On This Day - May 22, 1946. The Australian National Airways Douglas C-47-DL '42-32879', acquired by the airline from the United States Navy in December 1945, was registered as VH-ANJ following its conversion to 'civilian airliner standards' at Brisbane. It was named Kadana (star) before it entered service shortly thereafter. |
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On This Day - May 22, 1946. The Australian National Airways Douglas C-49B-DO '41-7691', having been acquired by the airline from the Allied Directorate of Air Transport in February 1945, was registered as VH-ANO following its conversion to 'civilian airliner standards' at Brisbane. It was named 'Tinana' (repose) before it entered service shortly thereafter. |
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On This Day - May 22, 1946. The Australian National Airways Douglas C-49B-DO '41-7693', having been acquired by the airline from the Allied Directorate of Air Transport in February 1946, was registered as VH-ANP following its conversion to 'civilian airliner standards' at Brisbane. It was named 'Boyana' (repose) before it entered service shortly thereafter. |
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On This Day - May 22, 1946. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-3-194B '41-1944', having been acquired by the airline from the United States Foreign Economic Administration earlier in the month, was registered as VH-ANR. It was then converted to 'civilian airliner standards' at Brisbane with a port-side passenger door. The aircraft was then designated as a Douglas DC-3-G202A before it entered service. |
On This Day - May 22, 1992. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMN was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the EastWest Airlines livery. |
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On This Day - May 22, 1992. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-338 VH-EBT was leased to Japan Airlines (JAL) for joint JAL / Qantas operations between Australia and Japan. |
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On This Day - May 22, 2000. The ex-Air New Zealand Boeing 747-219B ZK-NZX, having been sold to Virgin Atlantic Airways and reregistered as G-VSSS, departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its delivery flight to the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Schiphol). |
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On This Day - May 22, 2001. Following the completion of the pre-service overhaul by Air New Zealand Engineering, the Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZR was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN4405. |
On This Day - May 22, 2001. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-23S VH-AFR operated its last revenue service as Flight VQ7311 from Hobart to Melbourne (Tullamarine). Impulse Airlines ceased all scheduled domestic services on this day but entered into an agreement to operate services for Qantas Airways via the new company QantasLink. |
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On This Day - May 22, 2001. The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-23S VH-SMH operated its last revenue service. Impulse Airlines ceased all scheduled domestic services on this day but entered into an agreement to operate services for Qantas Airways via the new company QantasLink. |
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On This Day - May 22, 2006. The Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGL operated its final Australian Airlines revenue service, operating Flight AO7950 from Tokyo (Japan) to Cairns. It was then ferried to Brisbane as Flight AO7804 later that day, for cabin refurbishment prior to it being returned to Qantas Airways. |
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On This Day - May 22, 2023. The Texel Air Boeing 737-8B5F A9C-GWC 'Vera' arrived at Hamilton (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Bahrain (Manama). It was reregistered as ZK-TXE before it entered service. |
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On This Day - May 22, 2024. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8 MAX VH-8IF 'Maroochydore Beach' entered service, operating Flight VA1398 from Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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