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On This Day - September 01, 1947. The ex-Royal Australian Air Force Douglas C-47A-20-DL A65-5, having been deemed to be 'surplus-to-requirements' and sold to Australian National Airways Pty Ltd for 6,250 Australian Pounds, was delivered to A.N.A. for conversion to civilan airliner standards, including the fitment of Wright Cyclone radial engines. It was registered as VH-INB on September 14. |
On This Day - September 01, 1960. The Qantas Airways Douglas C-47A-1-DK VH-EBU was sold to Trans-Australia Airlines. |
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On This Day - September 01, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBH 'City of Darwin' operated the airline's inaugural Boeing 707-138B service between Australia and Canada, operating Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Vancouver. |
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On This Day - September 01, 1961. The Trans-Australia Airlines Bristol 170-31 Freighter VH-TBB 'William MacGregor' was ferried from Sydney (Bankstown) to Lae (Papua New Guinea) to operate services in Papua New Guinea. |
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On This Day - September 01, 1970. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 832 VH-RMH, having been sold to Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT), departed Melbourne (Essendon) on its delivery flight to Taiwan (Taipei). |
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On This Day - September 01, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGJ 'Port Macquarie' operated its last service in its original 'Qantas' livery as Flight QF82 from Singapore (Seletar) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - September 01, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VZD 'Geelong' was rolled out at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) with new 'Qantas Frequent Flyer' titles and decals. It returned to service later that day operating Flight QF926 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Cairns. |
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On This Day - September 01, 2011. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGF 'City of Lismore' operated its final revenue service as Flight QF764 from Adelaide (West Beach) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney awaiting sale. |
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On This Day - September 01, 2012. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEF 'Sydney' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) from China (Xiamen) as Flight QF6024, where it had been repainted into the 'New Roo' livery with additional 'One World' titles and logo. |
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On This Day - September 01, 2017. The ex Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBH, having been acquired by the Royal Australian Air Force and converted to an Airbus A330-202MRTT and reregistered as A39-006, arrived at Brisbane (RAAF Amberley) having completed its delivery flight from Spain via the United States. |
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On This Day - September 01, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZND 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye' operated the airline's inaugural Melbourne (Tullamarine) to the United States (San Francisco) Boeing 787-9 service as Flight QF49. |
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On This Day - September 01, 2018. The Qantas Airways Boeing 787-9 VH-ZNF 'Boomerang' operated its first international service as Flight QF5 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow) via Perth. |
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