On This Day - December 28, 1974.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBU 'City of Broken Hill' operated a Cyclone Tracy evacuation flight from Darwin to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) carrying 270 passengers.

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On This Day - December 28, 1977.

The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAB, now reregistered as OO-YCL to ITEL Capital Services Corporation, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to Belgium, for lease to Young Cargo.

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On This Day - December 28, 1989.

The Ansett New Zealand British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZI entered service.

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On This Day - December 28, 2002.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' entered service operating Flight QF439 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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On This Day - December 28, 2022.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX VH-OFQ entered service, operating Flight JQ709 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hobart.

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On This Day - December 28, 2022.

The Virgin Australia Airbus A320-232 VH-YUD 'Port Beach' departed Perth on its ferry flight to Varna (Bulgaria) for return to the lessor. Its registration was cancelled on January 09.

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