QANTAS 1922-1999 / John W. R. Taylor. 1922-1999.

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QANTAS 1922-1999 / John W. R. Taylor. 1922-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/677028160

Mock up for book on the history of Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service, contains original artwork. Also contains copy of Wikipedia entry dated 16/3/2010.

1 archive box.

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7968462

Libraries Australia

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Taylor, John W.R. (John William Ransom), 1922-1999

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Qantas Airways.

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The Western Queensland Auto Aero Service Limited was formed in 1920 by two former Australian Flying Corps officers, W Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness. The pair had become convinced that aeroplanes were the best method of covering the vast distances in north-western Queensland after the Defence Department commissioned them to survey an air race route from Longreach to Katherine, leaving supplies along the way. Their journey, undertaken in a Model T Ford, took 51 days and 2179km to com...