On This Day - December 10, 1954.

The Qantas Empire Airways Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' VH-EBX 'Pacific Chieftain' was sold to Ansett Flying Boat Services to replace their Short S-25 Sandringham flying boat VH-BRD 'Princess of Cairns' that had sunk whilst moored overnight on the Brisbane River on October 31, 1952. It was reregistered as VH-BRE on December 22.

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On This Day - December 10, 1971.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBQ 'City of Ballarat' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the new 'ochre' livery.

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On This Day - December 10, 1988.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZP entered service, operating Brisbane - Coolangatta - Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - December 10, 1997.

The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN entered service operating Flight AN60 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane.

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On This Day - December 10, 2005.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQM arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JST7990.

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On This Day - December 10, 2005.

The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-VQH returned to service in the basic gold 'LYNXjet' livery with special Christmas and New Year messages.

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On This Day - December 10, 2005.

The National Jet Systems / QantasLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMD was ferried from Sydney (RAAF Richmond) to Newcastle following its repaint into the revised QantasLink livery as Flight JQ7982.

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On This Day - December 10, 2005.

The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-2K9 VH-IMP was withdrawn from service. It was ferried to Sydney (RAAF Richmond) for repainting into the revised 'QantasLink' livery.

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On This Day - December 10, 2011.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VFD arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from the France (Toulouse) as Flight JST7992.

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On This Day - December 10, 2017.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNB 'Waltzing Matilda' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6026.

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On This Day - December 10, 2020.

The Airwork Holdings / Toll Holdings Boeing 737-3S1SF ZK-TLE departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Bucharest (Romania) for storage pending its next lease.

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