UPDATES

[The latest update is at the top]


AMEND DATE EVENT EVENT DATE
07FEB08 The "Southern Cross" Memorial was opened at Eagle Farm. (Date sourced from "Flypast" by Parnell & Boughton) 17AUG58
09DEC06 First Ilyushin IL-18 (originally thought to have been on 08OCT92 but now corrected thanks to David Thollar). 25MAY68
30SEP04 Important Notice -
30SEP04 The entry describing the arrival of the first Empire flying boat has been corrected and updated. 21DEC37
24MAR02 Last Flight West F-28 23MAR02
24MAR02 Last Ansett departure 02FEB02
24MAR02 Last scheduled Ansett passenger flight 02FEB02
24MAR02 First B737-800 for Qantas 02FEB02
24MAR02 First B737-800 for Virgin Blue 11NOV01
24MAR02 Ansett resumed operations 07OCT01
24MAR02 Ansett suspended operations 14SEP01
26MAY01 First Virgin Blue B737-700 01MAY01
26MAY01 First IL-86 06MAY01
26MAY01 Airtrain commenced operations 07MAY01
26MAY01 Ted Wixted passed away 17MAY01
11MAY01 All of the images have been rescanned and increased in size. -
01NOV00 "Squawk Ident" has undergone a major update. The "Frames" version has been laid to rest and replaced with a new main menu. The most significant change is on the "Index" page which now has greatly enhanced functionality. The dates are now linked to the relevant event on the chronology pages and an alphabetical menu now appears at the top of the index. Each section of the index also has an "Up" arrow to speed return to the top of the index to facilitate further selections. Event dates on this "Updates" page are also linked to the chronology pages. -
29OCT00 British Airways LRS 28OCT00
29OCT00 First British Airways TriStar 01FEB90
02SEP00 Global Air Leasing B747SP arrived 19MAR00
02SEP00 Virgin Express B737 arrived 02JUN00
02SEP00 Virgin Blue promotional flight 10JUL00
02SEP00 Impulse Airlines FRS B717 28AUG00
02SEP00 Virgin Blue FRS 31AUG00
16SEP99 Air Pacific First Boeing 737-800 13JUN99
16SEP99 EVA Air First Boeing 747-400 31JUL99
24MAY99 Burnett Airways Navajo Undercarriage Collapsed 08JAN73
09FEB99 First Freedom (TEA) B737 (was previously recorded as 05APR97) 06APR97
09FEB99 "Last" Singapore Airlines B747-400. Was a seasonal substitution of no real significance. 30JUN98
09FEB99 First Norfolk Jet Express Service. 31MAY97
09FEB99 First Flight West Service BNE/NLK. 01JUL97
08FEB99 First B737-700 30SEP98
08FEB99 Last Freedom (TACA) B737 04APR97


The following additions were contributed by John Wilson.


AMEND DATE EVENT EVENT DATE
09FEB99 First Qantas Short C Class to U.K. 05JUL38
09FEB99 First TAA Convair 240 "Rocket Service" MEL/BNE 23OCT50
09FEB99 First Ansett Convair 340 04OCT54
09FEB99 Last Qantas Sandringham Service - corrected date 21JUN55
09FEB99 First QAL F-27 Service 14MAR60
09FEB99 Ansett-ANA Viscount Burst Tyres on Landing 21JUN60
09FEB99 First Ansett-ANA DC-6B to PNG 11JUL60
09FEB99 Ansett-ANA F-27 Ran Off Runway 14MAY63
09FEB99 Ansett-ANA DC-4 Struck Approach Lights 17MAY63
09FEB99 Ansett-ANA Sikorsky S-61N Christened 01MAR65
09FEB99 Last QAL DC-3 Flight 03DEC66
09FEB99 Last QAL Flight 04DEC66
09FEB99 Ansett-ANA Viscount Nosewheel Collapse 06JAN67
09FEB99 DHC-6 Twin Otters Delivered to TAA 28MAR68
09FEB99 Ansett-ANA DC-9 Bullet Hole in Tail 16MAY68
09FEB99 Air Queensland Commenced ATR-42 Operations 22MAY86
09FEB99 TAA DC-9 Collided with Fuel Truck 26SEP86
09FEB99 Last Air Queensland Flight 31MAY87
09FEB99 Ansett BAe 146-200QT Entered Service 13JUN89
09FEB99 First Compass/Southern Cross Flight 31AUG92


Thanks to John Wilson for the preceding additions.