On This Day - June 15, 1946. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4-1009 VH-AND 'Tatana' arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (San Francisco, California). |
On This Day - June 15, 1955. The ex Trans Oceanic Airways Short S.45 Solent Mk 3 flying boat VH-TOD, now registered as N9945F to South Pacific Air Lines, Oakland, California, USA, departed Sydney (Rose Bay) on its ferry flight to the United States (Oakland, California). The aircraft never flew again. |
On This Day - June 15, 1992. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCE, leased from I.L.F.C., arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett, Paine Field). |
On This Day - June 15, 2001. The QantasLink Boeing 717-23S VH-AFR, having just been repainted into its new livery, operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Maroochydore service as Flight QF882. |
On This Day - June 15, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXI 'Oodnadatta' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF 6020. It was the airline's 126th Boeing airliner and its 12th Boeing 737. |
On This Day - June 15, 2006. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNA was ferried from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Avalon) as Flight QF6002, to be converted into an 'all-freight' configuration. |
On This Day - June 15, 2008. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FKV arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Taiwan (Taichung) as Flight SXI1823 in the Mandarin Airlines livery. |
On This Day - June 15, 2008. The Pacific Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUH 'Lady Rebecca', now reregistered as ZK-PBI, was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight PBN9070. It entered Pacific Blue service the same day, operating Flight DJ3025 from Christchurch to Wellington. |
On This Day - June 15, 2024. The Qantas Freight / Express Freighters Australia Boeing 767-381F VH-EFR was ferried from storage at Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF7528 for return to its owners, Mercury Aircraft Leasing, Tokyo, Japan. |