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On This Day - February 15, 1949. The BCPA Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-BPC 'Loongana' was sold to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, having flown 8,441 hours to date. It was reregistered as VH-EBK the same day. |
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On This Day - February 15, 1955. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-6B VH-INH 'Bungana' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Los Angeles, California). |
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On This Day - February 15, 1961. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLA 'John Eyre' set a speed record of 129 minutes for the flight between Melbourne (Essendon) and Brisbane. |
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On This Day - February 15, 1965. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBN 'City of Parramatta' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Renton). |
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On This Day - February 15, 1984. Due to a down-turn in traffic, the Trans-Australia Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA 'James Cook' was withdrawn from service at Melbourne (Tullamarine) and prepared for a short-term lease to Condor Airways, Germany. |
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On This Day - February 15, 1990. The Australian Cargo markings were removed from the Boeing 727-77QC VH-TBS 'Ernest Giles' that was stored at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - February 15, 1995. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBH departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to the United States (Los Angeles, California) for onward lease / sale to Air Canada. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2002. The Air New Zealand / Mount Cook Airline British Aerospace 146-300 ZK-NZM was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Essendon) for long-term storage. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXC 'Gippsland' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 120th Boeing airliner and its 6th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2004. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXO 'Kakadu' was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) with additional 'Sharing the Spirit' titles. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2007. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight JQ7991 on its ferry flight to the Philippines (Manila) for maintenance and repainting into the Jetstar Airways livery. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2008. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-JQW operated its last service in the basic 'Saudi' livery from ? to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - February 15, 2008. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZA 'Port Agusta' entered service, operating Flight QF673 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Adelaide (West Beach). |
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On This Day - February 15, 2012. The Air Australia Airbus A320-211 VH-YQB operated its final revenue service as Flight VC502 from Derby to Perth. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2012. The Air Australia Airbus A320-211 VH-YQC operated its final revenue service as Flight VC663 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Brisbane. |
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On This Day - February 15, 2014. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-YQU entered service, operating Flight QF1510 from Canberra to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - February 15, 2022. The Nauru Airlines Boeing 737-79L VH-INU was ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as Flight ON850 for repainting by Flying Colours into airline's standard livery. |
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