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On This Day - May 17, 1968. The ex-Trans-Australia Airlines Bristol 170-31 Freighter VH-TBB 'William MacGregor' was sold by Australian Aircraft Sales (ACT) Pty Ltd to Air Express (Holding) Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - May 17, 1978. The ex-Qantas Airways Boeing 707-338C VH-EBT, now registered as G-BFLE, departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its delivery flight to Kuwait Airways. |
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On This Day - May 17, 2001. The Virgin Blue Airlines Boeing 737-4Q8 VH-VOZ operated the airline's inaugural Adelaide (West Beach) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) service as Flight DJ156. |
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On This Day - May 17, 2002. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZO that had been stored at the Ansett Terminal at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) since September 13, 2001 following the airline's suspension of operations due to bankruptcy, was ferried to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight AN4041 for further storage. |
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On This Day - May 17, 2005. The REX Regional Express SAAB 340B VH-TRX entered service, operating Flight ZL658 from Wagga Wagga to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - May 17, 2006. The ex-Australian Airlines Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGK returned to Qantas Airways service in the standard 'Australian' livery, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - ?. |
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On This Day - May 17, 2008. Following the completion of repairs after its very heavy landing at Darwin on February 07, the QantasLink Boeing 717-23S VH-NXE returned to service, operating Flight QF1822 from Perth to Paraburdoo. |
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On This Day - May 17, 2012. The Pacific Blue Boeing 737-8FE ZK-PBB having been repainted into the standard Virgin Australia livery and renamed 'Indian Head' returned to service, operating Flight DJ61 from Christchurch to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - May 17, 2022. The Jetstar Asia Airbus A320-232SL 9V-JSU was ferried from Singapore (Changi) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight 3K903, on delivery to Jetstar Airways. It was reregistered as VH-XNP before it entered service. |
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On This Day - May 17, 2023. The Airwork NZ Boeing 737-4MO(SF) ZK-AWA entered service, operating Flight P431 from Auckland to Christchurch. |
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