On This Day - March 22, 1955.

The Qantas Airways Lockheed 1049E Constellation VH-EAA 'Southern Sea' entered service operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to San Francisco (California, United States).

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On This Day - March 22, 1962.

The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 818 VH-RML, having been acquired from Cubana, arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) completing its delivery flight from Cuba via the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow).

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On This Day - March 22, 1969.

The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas C-54A-5-DO VH-TAF 'George Grey' operated its final freighter service. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne (Essendon) awaiting sale.

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On This Day - March 22, 1982.

The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZG, having been sold to Midway Airlines, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (St Petersburg, Florida).

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On This Day - March 22, 1993.

Following the collapse of Compass Airlines, the Douglas DC-9-82 VH-LNJ was repossessed by S.A.A. at Melbourne (Tullamarine) and reregistered as LN-RLF, in preparation for its ferry flight back to Sweden.

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On This Day - March 22, 2011.

The Our Airline Boeing 737-3YO VH-INU 'Naoero' was observed at Brisbane with additional 'Air Kiribati' titles and logo on the forward fuselage.

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On This Day - March 22, 2016.

The QantasLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-YQY entered service, operating Flight QF1553 from Brisbane to Canberra.

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On This Day - March 22, 2020.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQE 'Lawrence Hargrave' operated its last revenue service as Flight QF94 from the United States (Los Angeles) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions.

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On This Day - March 22, 2020.

The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOS 'Kimberley Cutie' was withdrawn from service and stored at Brisbane.

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