On This Day - July 21, 1953. The Qantas Airways Douglas DC-3 VH-EAM was sold to East-West Airlines. It was ferried from Brisbane (Archerfield) to Tamworth the next day. |
On This Day - July 21, 1984. The Ansett Airlines Sikorsky S-61N VH-BRI helicopter 'Golden Islander' operated its last revenue service from Hayman Island to Proserpine. |
On This Day - July 21, 1986. The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBF, having been sold to People Express and reregistered as N610PE, was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) in the PeoplExpress livery. |
On This Day - July 21, 2014. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE ZK-PBK 'Lighthouse Beach' was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight VA9949, following its repainting into the standard Virgin Australia livery. It was then returned to immediate service, operating Flight VA185 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Nadi (Fiji). |