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On This Day - June 17, 1972. The Ansett Airlines of Australia Lockheed 188A VH-RMB departed Melbourne (Essendon) on its ferry flight to the United States (Ontario, California) for conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
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On This Day - June 17, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277A VH-CZX entered service operating Flight AN396 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Canberra. |
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On This Day - June 17, 1982. The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZA operated its final revenue service as Flight AN56 from Launceston (Tasmania) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). To mark its retirement a special inscription was painted on the forward fuselage. |
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On This Day - June 17, 1983. The ex Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EAI, having been purchased by the Royal Australian Air Force from Worldways Canada, was handed over to them at Toronto (Pearson International). The aircraft was reregistered as A20-629. |
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On This Day - June 17, 1988. The Douglas C-47B-35-DK VH-AGU had once again changed hands - it was now registered to Peachbrand Pty Ltd, trading as Dakota Airways. |
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On This Day - June 17, 2001. The QantasLink Boeing 717-23S VH-SMH operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Newcastle service as Flight QF860. |
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On This Day - June 17, 2003. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZC, having been stored at Christchurch (New Zealand) since the collapse of Ansett on September 13, 2001, was test-flown prior to being ferried Christchurch (New Zealand) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) later that day as Flight AN40, where it was once again placed in storage until its sale to AAR Aircraft & Engine Sales & Leasing, USA in August. |
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On This Day - June 17, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie', having been wet-leased to Air Pacific for 1 month, operated its last service as Flight FJ911 from Nadi (Fiji) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - June 17, 2005. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VYF 'Evendale' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight QF6020. It was the airline's 150th Boeing airliner and its 30th Boeing 737. |
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On This Day - June 17, 2009. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNB departed Christchurch (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to the United States (Marana, California) as Flight QF6020 for storage and eventual scrapping. |
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On This Day - June 17, 2020. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEE 'Nullarbor' was ferried Los Angeles to Mojave as Flight 6001, for storage and eventual scrapping. Flight time was just 28 minutes. On engine shut-down she had flown 80,380 hours with 7,419 cycles. |
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On This Day - June 17, 2021. The Alliance Airlines Embraer ERJ-190-100IGW VH-UYC entered service, operating Flight QQ9822 from Canberra to Darwin. |