DC-3 – Aviation Historical Society of Australia

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Ticket sales have closed for the DC-3 flights from Essendon to Ballarat 17 & 18 May 2025

The Ballarat branch of the Air Force Association (BAFA) is chartering the Shortstop Jetcharter (SJC) Douglas DC-3 VH-OVM to operate Essendon-Ballarat return flights on...

1967 Auster J/5G Cirrus Autocar VH-KCN crashed at Narrandera, NSW on 22 July 1967. The aircraft crashed while taking off. The pilot and three passengers were killed. Source: aviation-safety.net website

2002 The Chivell Coronial inquiry into the Whyalla Airlines flight 904 crash, commenced in Adelaide on 22 July 2002, following public criticism of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's work. Source: Age, 22 July 2002, p. 4. ATSB Response to critique of the Whyalla report. via aph.gov.au website

2020 The last Boeing 747 to be operated by Qantas, VH-OEJ flew out of Sydney bound for the United States on 22 July 2020. The aircraft, piloted by Captain Sharelle Quinn - one of Qantas' first two female pilots - departed Kingsford Smith Airport at 3:45 pm and flew south over the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society at Shell Harbour before heading west. Once the aircraft was well out to sea, it made a series of manouvres which traced out the shape of the Qantas logo - a stylised kangaroo - which was visible on flight-tracking websites and applications. Source: ABC Illawarra