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On This Day - October 31, 1938. The Australian National Airways Douglas DC-3-232A VH-ABR 'Kanana' entered service. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1957. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas C-47A-35-DL VH-AFA, having been withdrawn from service on August 21, was sold to Australian Aircraft Sales (AAS) Sydney who then on-sold it to West African Airways Corporation the next day. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1962. The Trans-Australia Airlines Vickers Viscount 720C VH-TVB was sold to Ansett-ANA to replace their Vickers Viscount VH-TVC that had previously crashed into Sydney's Botany Bay. This aircraft was then reregistered as VH-RMQ. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1966. The East-West Airlines Douglas C-47A-35-DL VH-EWD 'Lachlan City' was sold to Brain and Brown Pty Ltd, Melbourne. It was reregistered as VH-BAM the same day. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1970. The Trans-Australia Airlines Lockheed 188A Electra VH-TLC 'Charles Sturt' operated its last passenger service, as Flight TN446 from Hobart to Melbourne (Essendon). It was then stored at Melbourne (Essendon) awaiting sale, having flown 28,831 hours with 22,595 cycles. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1973. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas C-47A-1-DK VH-SBD 'Madang' was withdrawn from service. It was sold to Air Niugini the next day. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1973. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas C-47-DL VH-SBO 'Ivan Champion' was withdrawn from service, having flown 49,876 hours. It was sold to Air Niugini the next day. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1981. The Ansett Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-CZD operated its first service for Air Vanuatu, after Ansett had entered into an agreement with the Vanuatu Government to provide airline services for this small Pacific nation. |
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On This Day - October 31, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJU 'John Roe' finally returned to service. The aircraft had been rolled-out at Melbourne (Tullamarine) in the airline's new 'camel-hump' livery on August 29, but a strike held-up the delivery of its new cabin seats. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2003. The Boeing 727-77QC VH-TBS operated its final Australian air Express freighter service. It was then withdrawn from use and stored at Brisbane. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2003. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VOQ 'Peta Pan' entered service operating Flight DJ336 Brisbane to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - October 31, 2004. The Virgin Blue Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUC 'Foxsy Rock'sy' entered service, operating Flight DJ336 from Brisbane at Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - October 31, 2009. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A321-231 VH-VWT entered service, operating Flight JQ430 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2011. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBW, having been sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest the previous day, departed Auckland (New Zealand) on its ferry flight to Israel (Tel Aviv) as Flight NZ9394 where it was converted to an 'all-freight' configuration. |
On This Day - October 31, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZO 'Bendigo' had additional 'Prostate Cancer' decals added during its overnight lay-up at Melbourne (Tullamarine). A moustache was painted on the lower section of the nose and 'movember.com' titles were painted above the cockpit windows. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJQ 'Mandurah' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its final revenue service, operating Flight QF11 to the United States (Los Angeles). |
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On This Day - October 31, 2013. The QantasLink Boeing 717-2BL N917ME arrived at Adelaide (West Beach) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Jacksonville, Florida) as Flight SXI1072. It was reregistered as VH-YQT before it entered service. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2013. The Virgin Australia Airbus A320-231 VH-FNP was ferried from Singapore (Seletar) to Perth as Flight VOZ9994, having undergone overhaul and repaint into the standard 'Virgin Australia' livery. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2018. The Qantas Airways / Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQG 'Ernest Rutherford' operated its last revenue service as Flight QF120 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Brisbane. It was reregistered as VH-VYZ later that day and renamed 'Torquay' |
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On This Day - October 31, 2022. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-7K2 VH-NBV 'Christies Beach' entered service, operating Flight VA601 from Brisbane to Mackay. |
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On This Day - October 31, 2024. The Jetstar Australia Airbus A321-251NX(ACF) VH-OYR entered service operating Flight JQ35 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Bali (Denpasar). |
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