On This Day - June 02, 1951.

The B.O.A.C. Short S-25 Sandringham Mk V 'Plymouth Class' flying boat G-AHZD 'Portmarnock' was sold to Qantas Empire Airways Limited.

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On This Day - June 02, 1953.

The Qantas Airways Lockheed 749A-79 VH-EAC 'Harry Hawker' was used to transport the first 'official' pictures of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II from England (London) to Australia (Sydney, Kingsford Smith). The flight took 53 hours 28 minutes.

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On This Day - June 02, 1976.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMT was sold to Air Nauru. It was reregistered as C2-RN4 and named 'Chief Auweiyeda' before it entered service.

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On This Day - June 02, 1996.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZS entered service operating Flight AN1280 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Cairns.

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On This Day - June 02, 2002.

The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZE departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN40 on the ferry flight to the United Kingdom (Bournemouth), having been purchased by the Dart Group Plc, following the collapse of Ansett.

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On This Day - June 02, 2006.

The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUG 'Jasmine Tasman' entered service, operating Flight DJ272 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith).

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On This Day - June 02, 2007.

The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-476 ZK-JTR entered service, operating Flight QF4003 from Auckland to Wellington (New Zealand).

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On This Day - June 02, 2008.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZB 'Lake Macquarie' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 158th Boeing airliner and its 38th Boeing 737.

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On This Day - June 02, 2018.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A380-842 VH-OQK 'John and Richard Duigan' returned to service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Singapore - London (Heathrow) as Flight QF1, after being repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery in Dubai during its planned maintenance lay-up.

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On This Day - June 02, 2019.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-48E VH-OEB 'Phillip Island' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time, operating Flight QF73 to the United States (San Francisco). It was then ferried from San Francisco to Los Angeles where it was prepared for its final flight to Tupelo for storage and eventual scrapping.

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On This Day - June 02, 2024.

The DHL / Tasman Cargo Airlines Boeing 767-3JHF(ER) G-DHLG arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Leipzig) as Flight DO811. It was registered as VH-FKX on June 05.

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On This Day - June 02, 2024.

The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYK arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JQ8991.

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