Qantas Collection

Poster advertising Australia via Qantas Airlines
Poster advertising Australia via Qantas, Australias overseas airline

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETV Coriolanu
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-AETV, Coriolanus, which became VH-ABG in Qantas service

Boeing 707-338C - Qantas

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat VH-ABF Cooee of Qantas
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, VH-ABF, Cooee, of Qantas (formerly G-AFBL of Imperial Airways)

A Sunbeam Dyak-powered Avro 504K parked alongside a Qantas Boeing 747B, VH-EBA

Qantas Empire Airways, De Havilland Express aircraft Date: 1938

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-3B VH-ECF
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-3B VH-ECF (msn 25069), prior to delivery to Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service), with Short SC.9 XH132

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 series 3 VH-ECF
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 series 3 VH-ECF (msn 25069), prior to delivery to Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service), with Short SC.9 XH132

Poster, Fly Qantas to New York. 20th century

De Havilland DH86 Dragon Express (side view, (running-up)) -Qantass VH-USC

De Havilland DH50J -Qantas, (on the ground, side view)
De Havilland DH50J of QANTAS, both its biggest user and whose first aircraft it was Seating 4-passengers, it was first flown 30 July 1923 and of the total 38 built

De Havilland DH50 (aft, on the ground) of Qantas

de Havilland DH61 Giant Moth, G-AUJC, Diana, of Qantas

de Havilland DH50A, G-AUEK, Bellbird, of QANTAS

An Avro Dyak built by a&E
An Avro Dyak built by the Australian Aircraft & Engineering Company (a&E) and operated by the Queensland & N.T. Aerial Service Co Ltd (QANTAS)

de Havilland DH86 VH-USF RMA Melbourne of Qantas
de Havilland DH86, VH-USF, RMA Melbourne, of Qantas

de Havilland DH86 VH-USE RMA Sydney of Qantas
de Havilland DH86, VH-USE, RMA Sydney, of Qantas

The last of the Qantas-built DH50s at Longreach in August 1929. de Havilland DH50J, VH-ULG, Hippomenes, and a DH61 opened the first regular Australia/England service on 10 December 1934

The first of four de Havilland DH50s constructed by QANTAS at Longreach. This aircraft was completed on 8 August 1926. Date: 1926

A de Havilland DH9C G-AUFM Ion modified by QANTAS
A de Havilland DH9C, G-AUFM, Ion, modified by QANTAS at Longreach to seat the pilot at the rear of the cabin

Arrival of the first de Havilland DH9C G-AUEja at Charlevil
Arrival of the first de Havilland DH9C, G-AUEja, at Charleville in 1923. Capt G. Mathews, pilot, on left and A.N. Templeton, director, QANTAS Ltd, right. Date: 1923

A de Havilland DH4 G-AUBZ
A de Havilland DH4, G-AUBZ, was part of the original QANTAS airmail fleet in 1922. Date: 1922

A de Havilland DH4 introduced by QANTAS early in 1923. Date: 1923

Armstrong Whitworth FK8 G-AUDE
Armstrong Whitworth FK8, G-AUDE, was part of the original QANTAS airmail fleet in 1922. Date: 1922

de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner VH-UUA of Qantas
de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner, VH-UUA, of Qantas Empire Airways

Lockheed Constellation Lawrence Hargrave of Qantas Empire
Lockheed Constellation, Lawrence Hargrave, of Qantas Empire Airways at Tengah, Singapore

The first Australia to England air mail leaves Archerfield Aerodrome at 6 am on 25 April 1931. From left: Hudson Fysh, md, Qantas; C. Fisher, superintendent of mails; R.B. Tapp, pilot; W.A

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