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On This Day - September 22, 1965. The Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8-52 ZK-NZC arrived at Auckland (New Zealand), having completed its delivery flight from the United States (California). |
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On This Day - September 22, 1966. The Ansett-ANA Vickers Viscount 832 VH-RMI broke-up in flight and crashed on Nadjayamba Station, Queensland, following the outbreak of an uncontrolable engine fire. All 24 people on board the aircraft were killed. |
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On This Day - September 22, 1972. The East-West Airlines Douglas C-47A-20-DL VH-PWN was sold and registered to Bush Pilots Airways (PNG) Pty Ltd. |
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On This Day - September 22, 1979. The Brain and Brown Airfreighters Douglas C-47A-35-DL VH-BAM was finally scrapped at Melbourne (Essendon), having sat in the infamous 'graveyard' for 4 years. |
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On This Day - September 22, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJR 'George Bass' operated its last service in the original livery from ? to Melbourne (Tullamarine). The aircraft was repainted into the airline's 'camel-hump' livery during its maintenance lay-up. |
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On This Day - September 22, 1990. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-204ER G-BLKW arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United Kingdom. It had been acquired from Britannia Airways, and was reregistered as ZK-NBJ on September 26, before it entered service. |
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On This Day - September 22, 1990. The Australian Airlines Boeing 737-476 VH-TJI arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field). It was delivered in the standard 'Malaysia' livery in preparation for its lease to Malaysia Airlines. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2003. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZA was sold to Airlift Trading Ltd, New Zealand. It was reregistered as ZK-SLA on November 11, 2003, before being leased to Airwork (NZ) Ltd. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2012. The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8FE VH-YIR 'Cactus Beach' arrived at Brisbane having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Boeing Field) as Flight DJ9882. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232SL VH-VFQ arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) having completed its delivery flight from Germany (Hamburg, Finkenwerder) as Flight JST7992. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2013. The Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-232 VH-VQV departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on its ferry flight to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight JQ7991 for post-lease maintenance and return to the lessor. It was cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register on December 18, 2013. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2018. The Tigerair Airbus A320-232 VH-VNB was ferried from The Philippines (Manilla) to Melbourne (Tullamarine) as Flight TT9003, having undergone scheduled maintenance and a repaint into an 'all-white' livery. It returned to service the next day. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2019. The Virgin Australia Airlines Boeing 737-8FE VH-VUX, having been repainted by Flying Colours into the 'Tigerair' livery at Townsville, returned to service operating Flight VA773 from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Coolangatta. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2022. The Alliance Airlines Fokker F27-050 VH-FKZ, having been sold to Panana Air, departed Adelaide (West Beach) on its ferry flight to Panama as Flight SXI2242. |
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On This Day - September 22, 2023. The REX Regional Express Boeing 737-8SA VH-8JS arrived at Brisbane, having completed its delivery flight from Singapore (Changi). |
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