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On This Day - December 31, 1968. The MacRobertson-Miller Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-RMQ 'Quininup' was destroyed when it broke-up whilst on descent to Port Headland, and crashed on Indee Station, some 45 km south of Port Headland, killing all on board. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1968. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 747 VH-RMO was withdrawn from service and stored at Melbourne (Essendon). It had flown 29,064 hours with 24,441 cycles. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1981. The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8-52 ZK-NZE operated the airline's last Douglas DC-8 passenger service into Wellington (New Zealand) when it arrived from Brisbane. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJS 'Peter Warburton' was renamed 'Douglas Mawson' at a special ceremony at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - December 31, 1988. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-376 VH-TJB 'Fortitude' entered service, operating Flight TN492 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - December 31, 1989. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBF 'Ararangi' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Taipei (Taiwan) in the standard 'Air Chine' livery. |
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On This Day - December 31, 1992. The Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBR 'Bert Hinkler' operated its final revenue service, operating Flight TN403 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). This was the airline's final Boeing 727 service. On engine shut-down the aircraft had flown 35,013 hours with 24,283 cycles. It was then stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine) pending its sale. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2008. The Australian air Express Boeing 727-277LRF VH-VLI 'Tania' operated its final freight service, operating Flight JTE092 from Perth to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then stored awaiting sale at Melbourne. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQI operated its last revenue service as Flight JQ710 from Hobart to Melbourne (Tullamarine). It was then ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Singapore (Seletar) the next day as Flight JQ7991 for end-of-lease maintenance in preparation for its return to the lessor. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQO departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ7991 for end-of-lease maintenance and return to the lessor. |
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On This Day - December 31, 2023. The Qantas Freight Airbus A330-202P2F VH-EBE arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight QF7533, having completed its ferry flight from Germany (Dresden) where it had been converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
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