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On This Day - November 06, 1969. The remains of the Airlines of N.S.W. Douglas DC-3 VH-ANQ was removed by truck from the Melbourne (Essendon) graveyard. It had been sold to Simms Metal Ltd, and was taken to Brooklyn for smelting. |
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On This Day - November 06, 1975. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAI 'Kalgoorlie' operated its final revenue service operating Hong Kong to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then prepared for sale to British Caledonian, having flown 26,568 hours with 9,323 cycles. |
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On This Day - November 06, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZR entered service, operating Flight AN384 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra. |
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On This Day - November 06, 1983. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-277A VH-RMU operated its last revenue service, operating Flight AN213 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for sale to Wien Air Alaska. It had flown 38, 265 hours with 25,079 cycles. |
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On This Day - November 06, 2001. The Ansett Australia Boeing 747-412 VH-ANB was ferried from Briabane to Singapore (Changi) as Flight AN4405, on return to Singapore Airlines, where it had been stored since September 13, following the collapse of Ansett due to bankruptcy. |
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On This Day - November 06, 2010. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F28-0100 VH-XWT arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from The Netherlands (Woensdrecht) as Flight SXI1032. |
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On This Day - November 06, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZU 'Lorne' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle / Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 177th Boeing airliner and its 57th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - November 06, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZI 'Ballina' returned to service, operating Flight QF969 from Townsville to Brisbane, having been repainted at Townsville by Flying Colours into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery. |
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