On This Day - August 10, 1951. The Qantas Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk V 'Plymouth Class' flying boat VH-EBV 'Pacific Warrior' arrived at Sydney (Rose Bay) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom (Hythe). |
On This Day - August 10, 1979. The East-West Airlines Douglas C-47B-35-DK VH-AGU was sold to the Great Pacific Aeroplane Company. Three days later it was resold to Aerodyne Pty Ltd. |
On This Day - August 10, 1992. The fuselage of the Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F.27-2101 Friendship VH-MMR was donated to the Melbourne Broadmeadows TAFE, and was removed from Melbourne (Tullamarine) by truck. |
On This Day - August 10, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXN 'Freemantle' entered service, operating Flight QF611 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - August 10, 2014. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-XZM 'Coonawarra' entered service, operating Flight QF613 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
On This Day - August 10, 2015. The Air New Zealand Boeing 737-319 ZK-NGJ operated its last revenue service as Flight NZ539 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was then withdrawn from service having flown 36,273 hours with 38,635 cycles. |
On This Day - August 10, 2024. The QantasLink / National Jet Express Airbus Canada A220-371 VH-X4C 'Little Red Flying-Fox' entered service, operating Flight QF1271 from Canberra to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |