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On This Day - June 16, 1958. The ex-Royal Australian Air Force Douglas C-47B-35-DK A65-109, having been deemed to be 'surplus to requirements' and 'struck-off charge' was allocated to the Commonwealth Disposal Commission for sale 'by tender'. The aircraft was acquired by the Commercial Aviation Company, Perth shortly thereafter. |
On This Day - June 16, 1976. The Air Nauru Boeing 727-77QC C2-RN4 'Chief Auweiyeda' entered service, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Noumea (New Caledonia). |
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On This Day - June 16, 1982. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJN departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Wilmington, Delaware) for sale to Airborne Express. |
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On This Day - June 16, 1983. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 767-277 VH-RME arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). |
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On This Day - June 16, 1989. The Australian Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 VH-TAA 'James Cook' returned to service following its lease to Air Niugini, operating Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 16, 1994. The operating lease of the Solomon Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 H4-SOL 'Guadalcanal' was transferred to Qantas Airways. It was reregistered as VH-TJV the following day, and repainted into the standard Qantas livery. |
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On This Day - June 16, 2000. The Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 VH-VOZ arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from Turkey. |
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On This Day - June 16, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXQ 'Redland' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6024. It was the airline's 138th Boeing airliner and its 20th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - June 16, 2019. The REX Regional Express Airlines SAAB 340B VH-ZPB, acquired from PenAir, arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Springvale, Montana). |
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On This Day - June 16, 2020. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) for the last time as Flight QF6001, on its ferry flight to the United States (Los Angeles, California). |
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On This Day - June 16, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQM was rolled out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) with the special Pixar movie decals to promote the movie 'Lightyear - To Infinity And Beyond'. It returned to service later that day operating Flight JQ916 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Townsville. |
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On This Day - June 16, 2022. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-XNW, arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Changi) as Flight JQ8996. |
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On This Day - June 16, 2023. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2K9 VH-NXI departed Canberra (09:45 AET) as Flight SXI2341, on its ferry flight to the United States (California, Victorville) for storage. |
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