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On This Day - May 01, 1959. The Trans-Australia Airlines Fokker F.27-1002 Friendship VH-TFB 'Abel Tasman' entered service, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Canberra - Melbourne (Essendon). |
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On This Day - May 01, 1981. The Australian Aircraft Sales Fokker F.27-1002 Friendship N1036P, the ex Trans-Australia Airlines' Friendship VH-TFD, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to France (Dinard). |
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On This Day - May 01, 1985. The operating name of Ansett Airlines of New South Wales was changed to Air N.S.W. LINK |
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On This Day - May 01, 1992. The Solomon Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 H4-SOL 'Guadalcanal' arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Renton), where the pre-service maintenance was carried out by Qantas Airways. |
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On This Day - May 01, 2005. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUF 'Hobart Honey' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight VA9084. |
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On This Day - May 01, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZZ 'Walpole' entered service, operating Flight QF400 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - May 01, 2016. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-VFU operated its last service in the standard livery as Flight JQ797 from Maroochydore to Melbourne (Tullamarine). The aircraft then had 'Uni Qld from Tokyo to Gold Coast' decals applied to it. |
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On This Day - May 01, 2024. The QantasFreight Boeing 737-376(SF) VH-XML, now reregistered as N486AY, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Brunswick, Georgia) for storage. |