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VH-TAI. Boeing 737-376. c/n 23483-1264. Was also registered as: ZS-OKG. |
This was the fourth of twelve aircraft ordered new by Australian Airlines (T.A.A.) - May 27, 1985 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle - July 21, 1986 Powered by CFM International CFM56-3C1 engines Trans-Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) was renamed Australian Airlines - August 04, 1986 First flown at Seattle (Boeing Field) as VH-TAI - August 06, 1986 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAI - August 22, 1986 Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission, Melbourne Accepted by Australian Airlines at Seattle - August 22, 1986 Departed Seattle (Boeing Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as TN1396 - August 24, 1986 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - August 26, 1986 Delivery route: Seattle (Boeing Field) - Oakland - Hilo - Pago Pago - Noumea - Melbourne The aircraft was named 'Boldness' Operated its first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as TN534 - August 30, 1986 Australian Airlines was sold to Qantas Airways Ltd - September 14, 1992 Australian Airlines was merged with Qantas AirwaysLtd - October 31, 1993 Ownership transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - December 08, 1993 It was observed at Perth in the Qantas livery with 'The Spirit of Australia' titles - January 02, 1998 Operated its final revenue service Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF694 - October 17, 2003 Sold to Comair, South Africa Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 31, 2003 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OKG - October 31, 2003 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to South Africa in basic Qantas livery - November 01, 2003 Delivery route: Melbourne - Port Headland - Cocos Island - Male - Mahe - Johannesburg Operated by Comair as a British Airways franchise in the standard British Airways livery The aircraft was permanently withdrawn from service at Johannesburg - November 2011 Scrapped at Johannesburg - September 2015 |
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VH-TAI. Australian - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, August 1986. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-049.) |
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VH-TAI. Australian - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 03, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-488.) |
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VH-TAI. Australian - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 03, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-489.) |
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VH-TAI. Australian - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 1987. (N. Louis Copyright Image 4622-678.) |
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VH-TAI. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-050.) |
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VH-TAI. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, July 1996. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4623-432.) |
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VH-TAI. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'Boldness' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, November 19, 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-141.) |
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ZS-OKG. British Airways Comair - in the standard livery at Johannesburg Airport, March 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-268.) |
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ZS-OKG. British Airways Comair - in the standard livery at Tambo Airport, March 04, 2012. (A. Balledux Copyright Image 4620-615.) |