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Qantas - Round the World Flights  The England-Australia Air Race was won by Ross and Keith Smith, who landed ... began its collaboration with Imperial Airways on the Australia-London run ... In anticipation of offering round-the-world commercial flight service, Qantas ... On January 14, 1958 QANTAS commenced commercial round-the- world flight service.
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The Impossible Flight | History | Air & Space Magazine  London to Sydney: 12000 miles that started an airline. ... British protectionism, Qantas was operating what was then the longest airline route in the world, ... In 1919 the prime minister of Australia, William Billy Hughes, offered a prize of 10,000 to the first ... (He was knighted in 1953 for his long service to Australian aviation.).
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History of Qantas - Wikipedia  Qantas is Australia's largest airline and one of the oldest airlines in the world. Qantas has gone from two fragile biplanes carrying two passengers and a pilot, to an Airbus A380 flying 450 people around the world. ... In 1958, Qantas became the second round-the-world airline, flying Super Constellations westward from...
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Kangaroo Route - Wikipedia  The Kangaroo Route traditionally refers to air routes flown by Qantas between Australia and the ... Two airlines offer through flights (i.e. not requiring passengers to change plane en ... London to Brisbane service commenced on 13 April 1935. ... From January 1958 Qantas had a round-the-world network, flying Australia to...
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Air Transportation: The Opening of the Commercial Jet Era  Aeroflot began the world's first sustained jet airline service using Tupolev ... other single technology, the jet engine revolutionized air travel around the world. ... own transatlantic service on October 4, 1958, just three weeks ahead of Pan American. ... American Airlines offered the first domestic jet service using its own aircraft...
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History of United Airlines - Wikipedia  United Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world, with 86,852 employees and 721 ... United's early routes, formed by connecting air mail routes, was east-to-west ... On November 1, 1955 United Airlines Flight 629, flying from Stapleton Airport in .... In 1992 United purchased now-defunct Pan Am's Latin American and...
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PM - Qantas under fire over plans to move jobs offshore - ABC  Mar 10, 2000 ... KIRSTEN AIKEN: Qantas, the airline that calls itself 'the spirit of Australia', is considering whether some of its operations should be based...
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History of Qantas Airways Ltd.  FundingUniverse  Read about the history of Qantas Airways Ltd. Explore the company's history, ... Incorporated: 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
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Graf Zeppelin's Round-the-World flight: August, 1929 - Airships  Aug 15, 2010 ... The flight was made in five stages: Lakehurst  Friedrichshafen August 7, ... August is the anniversary of Graf Zeppelin's Round-the-World flight in 1929. ... weltfahrt-map-la-nj ... giants rule the skies and technology in those days were very clever. ... Soon, a giant fish with lights in its belly flew directly over us.
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Portal:Queensland/Selected article/16 - Wikipedia, the free ...  Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by Paul McGuiness, Hudson...
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Qantas | Book airfares on Australia Pacific's Best Airline  Enjoy world class service on Qantas, voted Australia's favourite domestic and international airline at the 2015 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards.
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The World's First Scheduled Airline | America by Air  The World's First Scheduled Airline  The Post Office Begins Flying the Mail  The Curtiss JN-4D ... The airline closed at the end of March. ... For its St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, St. Petersburg purchased a Model XIV from St. Louis ... The airplane could carry one passenger, who sat next to the pilot in the open cockpit.
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Pan American World Airways - Wikipedia  Pan American World Airways, known from its founding until 1950 as Pan American Airways and .... The Aviation Corporation of the Americas changed its name to Pan American ... During this time, Pan Am operated Clipper services to Latin America from the .... for military service when the United States entered World War II.
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Airline - Wikipedia  An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. ... In its first year, the D.L.R. operated regularly scheduled flights on routes with a ... France began an air mail service to Morocco in 1919 that was bought out in ..... In the 1990s, "open skies" agreements became more common.
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History - KLM Corporate - KLM.com  Sep 12, 1919 ... Dutch Royal Airlines for the Netherlands and its Colonies (Koninklijke ... The first KLM office opened on Heerengracht in The Hague. ... KLM opened its first passenger office on Leidseplein in Amsterdam. ... Until the outbreak of the Second World War, this was the world's longest-distance scheduled service.
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SPRINGBOK SERVICES -KLM-PART 4 | UTOPIA AIRPORT  Jun 18, 2013 ... After WW2, the company re-established its link with South Africa in ..... airline South African Airways to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ... This Latin American country offers us a beautifull tribute to a gone but not forgotten Airline VIASA ..... HELLENIC STAR AIRWAYS WINTER 2002-03 TIMETABLE IATA...
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Flew Around World With Aviation Pioneer : Edward Lund, Hughes ...  Nov 22, 1988 ... Flew Around World With Aviation Pioneer : Edward Lund, Hughes' Co-Pilot, Dies ... billionaire aviator completed a grueling round-the-world flight, has died ... for a round-the-world flight of 3 days, 19 hours and 9 minutes, including ... several records, chief among them the mark of seven days, 18 hours and...
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Singapore Airlines kicks off route to Canberra, Wellington - SE Asia ...  Singapore Airlines kicks off route to Canberra, Wellington. Primastuti Handayani. The Jakarta Post. Jakarta | Wed, September 21, 2016 | 08:51 am...
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Qantas Through the Years | Qantas  1922, The first scheduled Qantas mail and passenger flight operates from ... 1946, Qantas resumes Australia-UK flying boat services with BOAC (later British ... 1947, The Australian Government buys all shares in Qantas; the airline ... 1953, Qantas introduces tourist (economy) class on the Kangaroo Route to the UK.
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Our Company | Qantas  Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be ... Registered originally as the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited...
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History | Alice Springs School of the Air  The first of its kind in Australia, Alice Springs School of the Air (ASSOA) has ... a member of the Council of the Flying Doctor Service (FDS) of South Australia, ... Springs Higher Primary School) and Miss Adelaide Miethke set in motion the ... On 8th June the School of the Air was officially opened at the Flying Doctor Base.