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On This Day - July 31, 1974. The first baby born on a Qantas Airways flight took place aboard the airline's Boeing 747-238B VH-EBF 'City of Adelaide' whilst it was operating Flight QF2 from Singapore to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). The additional passenger arrived at 03:30 hours. |
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On This Day - July 31, 1977. The Air Niugini Douglas C-47A-1-DK P2-ANO was withdrawn from service at Port Morseby and stored until its sale to Insured Aircraft Title Service Inc in March 1980. |
On This Day - July 31, 1996. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-2D7B ZK-TGA, leased from Thai Airways for 3 months, operated its last revenue flight, and was then withdrawn from service at Auckland and prepared for return to the lessor. |
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On This Day - July 31, 1998. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' entered service operating Flight QF406 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Cairns. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2001. The Pionair Adventures Douglas DC-3 ZK-AMS commenced a scenic 12-day 'Aussie Outback Tour' commencing at Cairns (Queensland). |
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On This Day - July 31, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXM 'Mount Hotham' entered service, operating Flight QF561 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - July 31, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ was ferried from Everett (Paine Field) to New Iberia (Louisiana) in the basic red base coat, for painting into the airline's 'Wunala Dreaming' livery. It was the 2nd Qantas Boeing 747 to be painted in this livery. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2003. The Pionair Adventures Convair 580 N631AR arrived at Palmerston North (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Kelowna). It was reregistered as ZK-PAL on September 24, before it entered service operating scenic tours for Tauck World Discovery. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2005. The Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-7FE VH-VBY 'Virgin-ia Blue' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9081. As it was the airline's 50th aircraft, it was painted in a special livery. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2011. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402NG C-GJFZ arrived at Canberra on completion of its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Downsview) as Flight DHC22. It was reregistered as VH-LQD on August 05, 2011. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2011. The QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402NG C-GJLE arrived at Canberra on completion of its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Downsview) as Flight DHC5. It was reregistered as VH-LQG on August 05, 2011. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2011. The Nauru Airlines Boeing 737-3H6F VH-VLI entered service, operating Flight RON400 from Brisbane to Nauru. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2011. The QantasLink / Sunstate Airlines Bombardier DHC-8-402NG C-GJLE arrived at Canberra having completed its delivery flight from Canada (Toronto, Downsview) as Flight DHC5. It was reregistered as VH-LQG on August 05. |
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On This Day - July 31, 2015. The Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZD entered service, operating Flight NZ103 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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