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supporting a gable roof with a ventilated ridge. The roof trusses are only supported by columns where the roof has been extended over the side annexes. The gable at each end of the hangar is also sheeted with corrugated iron and painted with the words QANTAS LTD on the northern (front) end and QANTAS
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The Qantas Hangar at
Longreach was constructed in 1922 on the second site of then fledgling airline, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service. Originally established in Winton, Qantas relocated to Longreach shortly after its registration. The hangar provides a tangible link with pioneering
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Internally, the hangarage has a concrete floor, whilst the floors to the annexes are of timber boards. The walls and roof of the hangarage and annexes are clad in galvanised corrugated iron and openings are cut in the walls in some areas to allow light to enter the interior. Windows in the form of
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Club. Arthur Baird rejoined Fysh and McGinness as engineer and became the backbone of Qantas in the early years. In the same year, the company moved to
Longreach, as it was a more central position from which to operate. Business was slow at first, as most of the interest was in joy rides which, in
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ends has been repainted a number of times. The Allom Lovell
Marquis-Kyle Conservation Plan states that the positions of the gables were reversed during the 1963 alterations and that the signs were repainted in 1963, 1969 and 1972. The 1969 repainting included the painting over of the sign on the
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in 1921. However, the contract for the mail service necessitated larger premises and a contract for a new hangar was won by
Stewarts and Lloyds in March 1922. The hangar was completed in August 1922 and the inaugural mail service flight was made in November of the same year.
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to survey the route for the race contestants. This took them through western
Queensland and the Northern Territory and it was during this exploration that they realised the potential for an air service linking outback towns not linked by rail.
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as engineer, were prepared to attempt the flight but had to abandon their plans when their financial benefactor died shortly after the start of their attempt. Fysh and McGinness were experienced pilots, having been awarded with the
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The new hangar was erected on the site of the new aerodrome which was one and a half miles east of the town. Constructed of a tubular steel frame with galvanised iron cladding, it measured 120 by 60 feet (37 by 18 m) and cost
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flaps, hinged at the top are located down each side and at the rear of the annexes. The western annexe has been altered to accommodate offices and amenities associated with the operation of the place as a museum.
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were replaced and additional purlins were installed. The plans for these alteration were drawn by the
Commonwealth Department in 1960; however the work was not completed until 1963.
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The hangar comprises a large open space, or hangarage, with annexes on either side and at the rear. The hangarage has a light frame of tubular steel which comprises a series of
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southern end which originally read Qantas Empire
Airlines, the name resulting from the 1934 merge with Imperial Airways to enable international flights to England.
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comprising a waiting room, a trolley way for baggage and offices was constructed at the north east corner of the building. At the same time, the roof sheeting,
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in the mid 1920s and the flying service grew to include transportation of food and people in times of flood and acted as an aerial ambulance in emergencies.
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The large uninterrupted space of the hangarage and the adjoining annexes demonstrates the principal characteristics of a structures of its type.
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air services in Australia and demonstrates the evolution of air services in Australia as well as the development of the history of Queensland.
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The hangar remained in use until 1996 when it was altered for re-use as the Qantas Founders Outback Museum illustrating the history of Qantas.
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the early days of aviation, were expensive and sometimes dangerous. However, support from McMaster and the newly formed
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Construction of a Qantas aeroplane at Longreach, circa 1928
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