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On This Day - November 02, 1922. QANTAS commenced regular commercial passenger services in Queensland using their AVRO 504 between Charleville and Cloncurry. LINK |
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On This Day - November 02, 1964. The Ansett-ANA Boeing 727-77 VH-RME entered service, operating Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1964. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-76 VH-TJA 'James Cook' entered service, operating Flight TN534 from Melbourne (Essendon) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1964. The first twin-engined helicopter to arrive in Australia, either civilian or military, was the Ansett-ANA Sikorsky S-61N VH-BRI helicopter. It arrived at the Melbourne Docks aboard the ship 'S.S. Cape Blanco' and was then transported by road to Melbourne (Essendon) where it was re-assembled and prepared for flight. |
On This Day - November 02, 1969. The Ansett Airlines Boeing 727-77QC VH-RMS arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1981. The Trans-Australia Airlines Boeing 727-276A VH-TBM 'Albert Namatjira' operated its last service in its original livery. |
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On This Day - November 02, 1985. The Air New Zealand Boeing 767-219ER ZK-NBA 'Aotearoa V' operated the airline's inaugural Boeing 767 service from Christchurch (New Zealand) to Sydney (Kingsford Smith). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1990. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBT 'Kaikoura' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Paine Field). |
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On This Day - November 02, 1998. The Air New Zealand Boeing 747-419 ZK-NBV 'Christchurch' arrived at Auckland (New Zealand) having completed its delivery flight from the United States (Seattle, Paine Field). It then entered the Air New Zealand paint shop to have a special livery applied to it. |
On This Day - November 02, 2002. The Qantas Airways Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEF 'Sydney' arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) having completed its delivery flight from the United States. It was also operating a freighter service as Flight QF7572 from Los Angeles to Sydney. It was the airline's 133rd Boeing airliner and its 52nd Boeing 747. |
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On This Day - November 02, 2003. The Qantas Airways Boeing 737-376 VH-TAY was ferried from Melbourne (Tullamarine) to Christchurch (New Zealand) as Flight QF6011 on delivery to Qantas Jetconnect. It was reregistered as ZK-JNA before it entered service. |
On This Day - November 02, 2011. The Strategic Airlines Airbus A320-211 VH-YQB was ferried from Perth to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Subang) as Flight VC9040 for planned maintenance and repainting into the airline's new 'Air Australia' livery. |
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On This Day - November 02, 2018. The Sunstate Airlines / QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402Q VH-QOR 'Eyre Peninsula' having been repainted into the airline's 'Silver Roo' livery by Flying Colours at Townsville over the last 12 days, returned to service operating Flight QF2308 from Townsville to Cairns. |
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