• Title
  Sir Hudson Fysh - early flights and routes, ca. 1920-1935 ; Fysh and Sydney-Tokyo, 1955 ; DH 121 ca. 1960
• Call number
  PXA 1063/1184-1218
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1920-1935, 1955, ca. 1960
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  447276
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 35 silver gelatin photoprints (some copies) - 20 x 25 cm. or smaller
  
• Scope and Content
  1184. Ray Parer and biplane, Longreach, 1920
  1185. Qantas' second aeroplane BE2E before purchase, Longreach; Charlie Knight in front seat, Fysh pilot
  1186. "I [Fysh] fly Earle Page, Frances & McMaster"
  1187. Arrival at Longreach of the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 on the inaugural flight of the first Qantas service Charleville-Cloncurry. Pilot P.J. McGinness (4th from r); Engineer W.A. Baird (left). The bag (Longreach's first airmail) can be seen behind the man in white. 85 year old Alexander Kennedy, first passenger on a regular Qantas service is on McGinness' right, joining the service at Longreach and flying on to Cloncurry piloted by Fysh (2nd from r). Sir Fergus McMaster, Chairman of Directors, Qantas is 3rd from r.
  1188. David Lindsay (explorer) and Lieut. McGinness in front of magnetic anthill, Knuckley's Lagoon, proposed Darwin landing place
  1189-1199. Stopping places on the old Qantas route 1922-1934 [aerial views]: Blackall, Brunette Downs, Charleville, Daly Waters, Longreach, Mt Isa and Normanton / Qantas Empire Airways
  1200. Fanny Bay, Darwin
  1201. Railway line from Darwin, Birdum Creek, ca. 1931
  1202. Stanley Hudson (stockbroker) and G.A. Stronach with Qantas Puss Moth VH-UPQ, Cracow Gold Fields, Qld., July 1932 (for more information, see: Qantas Gazette no. 91, Aug 1932)
  1203. Qantas Fox Moth VH-URI ambulance, purchased Feb 1934
  1204. Stanley Hudson and Randolph Bedford, Cracow goldfields, July 1932
  1205. Qantas DH 86A VH-USF, New Guinea
  1206. Broken crankshaft from DH 50 Pegasus, Donors Hills Station / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  1207. Trial run Longreach-Charleville at Tambo (l to r: Frank McNally on Marcus Griffin's shoulders checking magnetos; unknown; Qantas Agent, Tambo; Shire Clerk, Tambo; others unknown) / Fysh
  1208. D.H. Wright repairing DH9C G-AUFM "Ion", Camooweal / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  1209. A.H. Affleck (Capt.) and D.H. Wright (engineer) flew DH-50A Victory G-AUER to Darwin to transport seriously ill Felix Holmes and his private nurse Noonan to Cloncurry, where they left by train for Sydney. Darwin, July 1929 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  1210. L to r: unknown; Cormack Hurst; George Dousher (apprentice); Jack Hazlett; Marcus Griffin; George Boehm; Arthur Baird with aeroplane
  1211. L to r: Bo McGuinness, George Dousher, Jack Hazlett, Frank McNally, Marcus Griffin, Arthur Baird and Fysh with Armstrong Whitworth FK-8 G-AUDE / Frank McNally, photo owner
  1212. First air mail landing at Camooweal, 1924, l to r: L.J. Brain (pilot); unknown; Matron Camooweal Hospital; K. Johnston (manager, Alexandra Downs); 1st passenger; F.R. McNally (engineer); unknown / Frank McNally, photo owner
  1213. D.H Wright at the installation of replacement engine in DH 50A Pegasus VH-UGD, Donors Hills Station, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  1214. Frank McNally overhauling the Rolls [Royce engine] before the service, Longreach / Frank McNally, photo owner
  1215. D.H Wright at the installation of replacement engine in DH 50A Pegasus VH-UGD, Donors Hills Station, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  1216. Capt. Arthur Affleck at the installation of replacement engine in DH 50A Pegasus VH-UGD, Donors Hills Station, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  1217. Fyshes embark on first Super Constellation Sydney-Tokyo "Cherry Blossom" service; Qantas Mascot Station Manager H.E. Shannon in background, May 1955
  1218. DH 121 in British European Airways livery, 1958 / De Havilland
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Applies to images created before 1955
  Copyright status:: In copyright. Life of creator plus 70 years. Applies to photographs created during or after 1955.
  Research & study copies allowed:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Variant title
  
  No. 1209 previously captioned: Capt. A.H. Affleck and D.H. Wright (engineer) on flight Darwin-Sydney in DH-50A Victory G-AUER to take the invalid Felix Holmes to Cloncurry then Sydney, Darwin, 1928 / D.H. Wright, photo owner
  
  Reference:
  Identity of nurse and date supplied by Bev Phelts, June 2009
• General note
  
  Contents list devised from the reverse of the photographs and Flypast
• Creator/Author/Artist
  De Havilland (firm)
  Fysh, Hudson, Sir, 1895-1974
  Qantas Empire Airways
  
• Name
  Affleck, Arthur H.
  Baird, W. Arthur
  Bedford, Randolph, 1868-1941
  Brain, Lester Joseph, 1903-1980
  British European Airways
  Fysh, Elizabeth Eleanor, Lady
  Fysh, Hudson, Sir, 1895-1974
  Hudson, Stanley
  Ion (biplane)
  Kennedy, Alexander A.
  McMaster, Fergus
  McNally, Frank F.
  Page, Earle, Sir, 1880-1961
  Parer, Raymond J.P. (Raymond John Paul), 1894-1967
  Pegasus (biplane)
  Qantas Empire Airways
  Stronach, G. A.
  Victory (biplane)
  Wright, Dud
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  interiors
  aeroplanes
  airlines
  aviators
  biplanes
  passengers
  
• Place
  Blackall (Qld.)
  Brunette Downs (N.T.)
  Camooweal (Qld.)
  Charleville (Qld.)
  Daly Waters (N.T.)
  Darwin (N.T.)
  Longreach (Qld.)
  Mount Isa (Qld.)
  Normanton (Qld.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8579059

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