On This Day - May 05, 1944.

The United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47A-20-DK '42-93199' was transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force under the 'lend / lease' agreement. It was reregistered as A65-49.

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On This Day - May 05, 1962.

The Ansett-ANA Convair 440-61 VH-BZI was sold to Allegheny Airlines Inc for $US 400,000. It departed Melbourne (Essendon) the same day on its delivery flight to the United States (San Francisco, California).

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On This Day - May 05, 2002.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie', having been wet-leased to Air Pacific for 1 month and carrying 'Air Pacific' titles, operated its first service, operating Flight FJ910 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Nadi (Fiji).

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On This Day - May 05, 2003.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGB 'City of Kalgoorlie', having been wet-leased to Air Pacific for 1 month and carrying 'Air Pacific' titles, operated its first service, operating Flight FJ910 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Nadi (Fiji).

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On This Day - May 05, 2012.

The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL VH-NXR was ferried Adelaide (West Beach) to Perth for operation by National Jet Systems who had been awarded a contract to operate services for QantasLink.

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On This Day - May 05, 2014.

The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUM having been repainted by Flying Colours at Townsville into the standard 'Virgin Australia' livery and renamed 'Holloways Beach', returned to service operating Flight VA334 from Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine).

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