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On This Day - December 14, 1949. The Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S-25 Sandringham Mk 4 'Tasman Class' flying boat ZK-AMB 'Tasman' operated its final revenue service, operating Flight TE442-030 from Sydney (Rose Bay) to Auckland. It was then stored at Auckland (Hobsonville) having flown 3,331 hours 14 minutes. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1968. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBP 'Alice Springs' was the first aircraft to use the recently extended Runway 16 / 34 at Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1968. The Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27-6152 Friendship VH-TQN 'John Batman' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Schiphol). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1974. The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP arrived at Auckland, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Long Beach, California). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1974. Following the withdrawl of permission by the Royal Australian Navy for the lessors of the ex-Airlines of N.S.W. Douglas DC-3-G202A VH-ANR to store the aircraft at Sydney (HMAS Nirimba, Schofields) any longer, a 'ferry permit' was granted to permit the aircraft to be flown from HMAS Nirimba to Camden (New South Wales) with the undercarriage locked down. The flight was successfully carried out. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZS arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). |
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On This Day - December 14, 1986. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZI arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight AN33. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1988. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBM 'Albert Namatjira' operated its final service in 'camel-hump' livery. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1990. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGG 'Rockhampton' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) from the United States (San Francisco, California) having completed its delivery flight and its first revenue service as Flight QF531. It was the airline's 86th Boeing airliner and its 14th Boeing 767. |
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On This Day - December 14, 1994. The Ansett Australia / East-West Airlines British Aerospace 146-300 VH-EWJ was withdrawn from service at Brisbane. The aircraft was then overhaulled and repainted into the Ansett New Zealand livery in preparation for its lease to Ansett New Zealand. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' entered service, operating Flight QF107 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United States (Los Angeles, California). |
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On This Day - December 14, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXU 'Wollongong' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2017. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNB 'Waltzing Matilda' operated its first revenue service as Flight QF414 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 14, 2020. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-XFL entered service, operating Flight QQ9823 from Brisbane to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - December 14, 2020. The Jetstar Japan Airbus A320-232 JA06JJ arrived at Alice Springs for storage, having completed its ferry flight from Tokyo (Narita). It was reregistered as VH-YXU on December 21, 2020 for its lease to Jetstar Airways. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2020. The Jetstar Japan Airbus A320-232 JA18JJ arrived at Alice Springs for storage, having completed its ferry flight from Japan (Tokyo, Narita). It was reregistered as VH-YXW on December 21, 2020 for its lease to Jetstar Airways. |
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On This Day - December 14, 2021. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-YXS entered service, operating Flight JQ696 from the Gold Coast to Hobart. |
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