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On This Day - June 08, 1956. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-TVD 'Hamilton Hume' set a speed record of 82 minutes for the flight between Brisbane (Eagle Farm) and Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 08, 1979. The Trans-Austrlia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJJ 'Edmund Kennedy' was involved in an attempted armed hijack, whilst en-route from Coolangatta to Brisbane. Seaman Phillip Sillery, armed with a sawn-off shotgun entered the cockpit. He was quickly overpowered with no damage done to the aircraft. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1984. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-238B VH-EBA, now leased to Air Lanka as 4R-ULF, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to Sri Lanka as Flight UL747B. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1989. The Airbus A300B4-203 P2-ANG, having been overhaulled and repainted at Singapore after its lease to Air Niugini, arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on return to Australian Airlines. It was then reregistered as VH-TAA. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1991. The ex Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBH, having been sold to the Memphis Group, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Greenwood, Mississippi) where it was scrapped over the next few years. |
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On This Day - June 08, 1995. The ex Air New Zealand Boeing 767-209 ZK-NBF departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its delivery flight to Air Canada at Toronto (Canada). |
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On This Day - June 08, 1996. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGP 'Forbes' entered service as Flight QF45 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Wellington (New Zealand). |
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On This Day - June 08, 1997. The leased Air New Zealand Boeing 767-204ER ZK-NBI 'Arawhata' was withdrawn from service at Auckland (New Zealand) after operating its final passenger service. It was then ferried to Christchurch for post-lease maintenance before its return to Britannia Airways. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2000. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYN 'Unity' departed Auckland (New Zealand) for Uluru (Northern Territory) as Flight AN2000, carrying the 'Olympic Flame'. It commenced its road journey around Australia from Uluru. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2006. The Jetstar Airlines Boeing 717-231 VH-YQH operated its final service as Flight JQ611 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Brisbane. It was then withdrawn from service and stored. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2008. The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBJ 'Margaret River' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Toulouse (France) as Flight QF6008. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2009. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNB operated its final revenue service as Flight QF2772 from Queenstown (New Zealand) to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was withdrawn from service having flown 61,633 hours with 43,176 cycles. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXD 'Tenterfield' operated its last service in the 'New Roo' livery as Flight QF974 from Brisbane to Townsville. It was then repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours at Townsville. |
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On This Day - June 08, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZD 'Geelong' returned to service, operating Flight QF967 from Townsville to Brisbane after being repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours. |
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