On This Day - October 15, 1957.

The Ansett Airways Convair 440-61 VH-BZI arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (San Diego, California).

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On This Day - October 15, 1971.

The Boeing 707-327C N7099, having been repainted into the Braniff International livery following the aircraft's 9-month dry-lease to Qantas Cargo, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF052D on its ferry flight to the United States (Texas / Dallas Fort Worth) on return to Braniff.

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On This Day - October 15, 1986.

The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJO had all titles and logos removed at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in preparation for its sale.

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On This Day - October 15, 2005.

The OzJet Boeing 737-229 G-CEAI arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its ferry flight from Romania, where it had undergone maintenance and repainting. It was reregistered as VH-OZU before it entered service.

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On This Day - October 15, 2005.

The QantasLink Boeing 717-23S VH-VQD, now reregistered as VH-NXD, operated its first National Jet Systems / QantasLink service as Flight QF1810 from Perth to Port Headland.

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On This Day - October 15, 2012.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZC 'Walma' entered service, operating Flight QF444 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - October 15, 2022.

The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-XVP arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Costa Rica (San Jose) as Flight QQ9811. The aircraft was to be operated by Alliance for QantasLink.

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