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On This Day - November 02, 1922. QANTAS commenced regular commercial passenger services in Queensland using their AVRO 504 between Charleville and Cloncurry. LINK |
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On This Day - November 02, 1964. The Ansett-ANA Boeing 727-77 VH-RME entered service, operating Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1964. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJA 'James Cook' entered service, operating Flight TN534 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1964. The first twin-engined helicopter to arrive in Australia, either civilian or military, was the Ansett-ANA Sikorsky S-61N VH-BRI helicopter. It arrived at the Melbourne Docks aboard the ship 'S.S. Cape Blanco' and was then transported by road to Melbourne (Essendon) where it was re-assembled and prepared for flight. |
On This Day - November 02, 1969. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMS arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBM 'Albert Namatjira' operated its last service in its original livery. |
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On This Day - November 02, 1985. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBA 'Aotearoa V' operated the airline's inaugural Boeing 767 service from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1990. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBT 'Kaikoura' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Paine Field). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1998. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBV 'Christchurch' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Paine Field). It then entered the Air New Zealand paint shop to have a special livery applied to it. |
On This Day - November 02, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEF 'Sydney' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States. It was also operating a freighter service as Flight QF7572 from Los Angeles to Sydney. It was the airline's 133rd Boeing airliner and its 52nd Boeing 747. |
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On This Day - November 02, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TAY was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight QF6011 on delivery to Qantas Jetconnect. It was reregistered as ZK-JNA before it entered service. |
On This Day - November 02, 2011. The Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-YQB was ferried from Perth to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Subang) as Flight VC9040 for planned maintenance and repainting into the airline's new 'Air Australia' livery. |
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