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On This Day - October 27, 1959. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBE 'City of Perth' operated the airline's inaugural Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - United Kingdom (London, Heathrow) service via the Kangaroo Route. |
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On This Day - October 27, 1979. The BBA Cargo Douglas C-47A-20-DK VH-BAA, having been sold to the Mildura Aviation Restoration Group in July, was dismantled at Melbourne (Essendon), loaded onto a 'low-loader' truck, and transported by road to the Warbird Air Museum at Mildura (Victoria). |
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On This Day - October 27, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-277 VH-CZN operated the airline's inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Hobart (Tasmania) Boeing 737 service. |
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On This Day - October 27, 1988. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZO entered service, operating Brisbane - Townsville - Cairns. |
On This Day - October 27, 1989. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZM, having been leased to America West Airlines due to the protracted 'Australian pilots dispute', departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to the United States (Phoenix, Arizona). It was reregistered as N113AW. |
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On This Day - October 10, 2001. The ex-Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-33A VH-CZR was rolled-out at Christchurch (New Zealand) in the Qantas New Zealand (Jetconnect) livery. |
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On This Day - October 27, 2002. The Australian Airlines Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGJ operated the airline's inaugural Cairns to Japan (Nagoya) service as Flight AO7959. |
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On This Day - October 27, 2005. The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNH operated its last revenue service as Flight QF4161 from Auckland to Christchurch (New Zealand). It was then stored at Christchurch, having flown 56,460 hours with 34,199 cycles. |
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On This Day - October 27, 2009. The REX Regional Express SAAB 340B VH-ZRI entered service, operating Flight ZL3281 from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - October 27, 2015. The QantasLink Fokker F28-0100 VH-NHC was ferried Wagga Wagga - Adelaide (West Beach) - Perth following its repaint, on delivery to Network Aviation, who will operate the aircraft for QantasLink under its AOC. |
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On This Day - October 27, 2021. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOQ, now reregistered as VP-CJA, was ferried from Alice Springs to China (Guangzhou) where it was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
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On This Day - October 27, 2024. The Jetstar Australia Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYR arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JQ8991. |
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