Have you noticed the 747 at Qantas Founders Museum appears to have an extra engine. This is known as the V-Pod or 5th Pod which was used to transport a spare engine for another 747 requiring a replacement engine around the world. Qantas used to transport replacement engines for Boeing airliners – 747 & 767. […]
The Super Constellation was loaded onto a ship ‘BBC Maine’ at the Manila International Container Port in the Philippines to be transported to the Townsville Port.
Qantas Founders Museum Media Release 18 November 2015 QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM RECOGNISED AMONGST QUEENSLAND’S BEST AT THE 2015 QUEENSLAND TOURISM AWARDS Qantas Founders Museum has maintained a strong position amongst Queensland’s top tourist operators, winning Silver for Major Tourist Attraction and Bronze for Tourism Restaurant and Catering Services at the 2015 Queensland Tourism Awards Ceremony […]
Media Release 9 November 2015 Western Queensland towns celebrate their Qantas heritage for the 95th Anniversary of Qantas Western Queensland communities of Charleville, Longreach, Winton, McKinlay and Cloncurry will each host an event to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of Qantas Airways and highlight how their town, like many in Western Queensland, were vital to the […]
By Tom Harwood In 110 years of aviation, one aeroplane stands out as the one which made running an airline practical and profitable without a government subsidy to carry air mail – the Douglas DC-3. When it first flew in December 1935, it was a radical type of airliner and the things it achieved from […]
By Tom Harwood An integral part of the QANTAS foundation legend tells the story of how the airline’s founder, Paul McGinness almost inadvertently prevented the company coming into existence by lining up a sponsor for him and partner Hudson Fysh to take part in the 1919 England to Australia Air Race. The story is proudly […]
