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On This Day - September 29, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138 VH-EBC 'City of Canberra' departed Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on its ferry flight to the United States (Seattle, Renton) where it was converted to a Boeing 707-138B standard by Boeing. |
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On This Day - September 29, 1961. The Qantas Airways Boeing 707-138B VH-EBA 'City of Melbourne' operated the airline's inaugural Boeing 707-138B service to Canada, flying Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Vancouver. |
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On This Day - September 29, 1988. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBE 'Aranui' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Everett, Paine Field). |
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On This Day - September 29, 1996. The ex Ansett-ANA Douglas DC-6B VH-INA, now reregistered as C-GHCB and operated by Conair Aviation Limited, Canada, arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) to undertake an aerial spraying contract named 'Operation Evergreen' to eradicate the white-spotted tussock moth over Auckland's suburbs over a 6-week period. |
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On This Day - September 29, 1997. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 737-377 VH-CZB operated the airline's final Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Norfolk Island - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) service as Flight AN873 / 872. |
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On This Day - September 29, 2001. The Ansett Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-HYG returned to service 'under administration' operating Flight AN717 from Sydney (Kingsford Smith) to Melbourne (Tullamarine). |
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On This Day - September 29, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 767-338ER VH-OGJ, having been repainted into the 'Australian Airlines' livery and returned to Qantas service, operated its last Qantas service as Flight QF557 from Brisbane to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). It was then ferried to Melbourne (Avalon) later that day as Flight QF6195, where it was reconfigured to seat 271 passengers in an 'all-economy' layout, in preparation to its entry into service with Australian Airlines. |
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On This Day - September 29, 2003. The REX Regional Express Airlines SAAB 340B N275CJ arrived at Wagga Wagga having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Nashville, Tennessee). It was reregistered as VH-RXE on December 24. |
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On This Day - September 29, 2015. The ex-Air New Zealand Boeing 737-319 ZK-NGJ was reregistered as VH-XNU to the Nauru Air Corporation, t/a Nauru Airlines. |
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On This Day - September 29, 2023. The QantasLink Fokker F28-0100 VH-NHC departed Perth on its ferry flight to Singapore (Seletar) as Flight NWK6224/6066. It was then scrapped at Singapore. |
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On This Day - September 29, 2023. The Texel Air Australasia Boeing 737-8BKF N739CE 'Karen' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from Jinan (China) following its conversion to an 'all-freight' configuration. It was reregistered as ZK-TXA on October 18. |
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