On This Day - September 08, 1968.

The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 747 VH-RMO that had been leased to MacRobertson Miller Airlines for 5 months, was returned to Ansett-ANA at Melbourne (Essendon).

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On This Day - September 08, 2000.

The Impulse Airlines Boeing 717-23S VH-SMH arrived at Newcastle, having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Long Beach, California).

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On This Day - September 08, 2009.

The Qantas Jetconnect Boeing 737-376 ZK-JNN operated its last revenue service as Flight QF113 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Auckland (New Zealand). It was then withdrawn from service and prepared for its ferry flight to the United States for storage and eventual sale.

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On This Day - September 08, 2010.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438 VH-OJO 'City of Toowoomba' was ferried from Hong Kong to Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as Flight QF6028, after undergoing maintenance and repainting into the 'New Roo' livery by HAECO. It returned to service later that day, operating Flight QF1 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to the United Kingdom (London, Heathrow).

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On This Day - September 08, 2014.

The Qantas Airways Airbus A330-202 VH-EBA 'Cradle Mountain' arrived at Brisbane having completed its ferry flight from Singapore as Flight QF6006, where it had been repainted following the end of its lease to Jetstar Airways.

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On This Day - September 08, 2014.

The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-838 VH-VXB 'Yananyi Dreaming' was ferried from Darwin to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight QF6019 for planned maintenance and repainting into the standard Qantas 'new roo' livery.

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On This Day - September 08, 2019.

The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUX 'Nightcliff Beach' operated its last service in the airline's standard livery, as Flight VA748 from Coolangatta to Melbourne (Tullamarine). Later that day it was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Townsville as Flight VOZ9939 for repainting by Flying Colours into the 'Tigerair' livery.

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On This Day - September 08, 2023.

The QantasLink Boeing 717-231 VH-NXM departed Canberra (10:31 AEST) on its ferry flight to the United States (Victorville, California) as Flight SXI2361, for storage and eventual sale.

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