Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs from nitrate negatives, ca. 1900-1950

Sir Hudson Fysh papers, ca.1817-1974

EARLY QANTAS
1. Capt. Bert [H.B.] Hussey and first QEA passenger Lady Louis Mountbatten, [on the steps of a De Havilland DH 86A,] 1935
2. De Havilland DH 50A "Atlanta" G-AUHE, built at Longreach
3. Arrival of first aerial mail on De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth "Apollo", pilot P.H. Moody, Brisbane, 23 Apr 1929
4. Passenger cabin, "Apollo"
5. Pilots and "Apollo", ca. 1925
6. Pilot Alexander A. Kennedy, air mail and "Atalanta", Mt Isa
7. A.A. Kennedy (in plane) and Hudson Fysh (smoking), opening flight, 3 Feb 1922
8. McGinniss C.A.D. Aerodrome [-?] at Fysh [- -?] Colo [?]
9. K.V. Anderson's biplane in the desert, photographed by Lester J. Brain from the air
10-14. Hudson Fysh [and son ?] fly fishing and camp, [late 1940's ?]
15. Ross & Keith Smith's Vickers Vimy G-EAOU and Capt. H.N. Wrigley's BE 2e, B6183, Darwin, 12 Dec 1919
16-21. De Havilland DH 50A air ambulance "Victory" G-AUER & VH-UER, also VH-UFW and radio operators in cockpit and on the ground
22-24. Burketown-Borroloola (incl. crossing the Robinson River), Hudson Fysh's Longreach-Darwin survey, 1919
25. Lester Brain, Aborigine and "Atalanta", Northern Territory
26. Prime Minister Stanley Bruce and Mrs Bruce with Fysh, first airmail to New Guinea G-AUER
27. Two men with De Havilland Puss Moth VH-UPA
28. First airmail arrives Normanton from Cloncurry (?)
29. Lester Brain & Butler meet at Charleville, 10 Dec 1934
30-31. Lt. McGinniss & Hudson Fysh in uniform with the car, Longreach-Darwin survey, 1919
32-36. Wondercraft (?) and aerial photographs
37-41. Queensland's first aerial mail Armstrong Whitworth welcomed at Winton, Nov 1922 (first scheduled Qantas mail and passenger flight operated from Charleville to Cloncurry)
42. Qantas crash, G-AUEB, Longreach, pilot A.W. Vigers, 18 Dec 1923
43. Qantas crash, G-AUEF, Maxelton, pilot Lester Brain, 25 Jul 1925
44-45. Fysh and overseer from Wellshot;  wild turkey shot from biplane
46. Fysh and the BE 2e G-AUBF;  first cargo of freight in flood time, Charleville, 1922
47. Ivy M. Leon, first Qantas woman passenger (Cloncurry-Longreach) with Fysh, W. Arthur Baird and the BE 2e
48. Fysh and early Qantas biplane
49-50. Armstrong Whitworth G-AUDE sold to Qantas, Aug 1922
51. Refuelling G-EBC?
52. Vickers Vulcan, the Flying Pig, G-EBET
53-56. Qantas crash, G-AUEB, Longreach, pilot A.W. Vigers, 18 Dec 1923
57. Qantas crash, G-AUEF, Maxelton, pilot Lester Brain, 25 Jul 1925
58. Pilot in the cockpit of a De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth
59. Aero Club office and biplanes, Mascot

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, INDIA
60-82. Incl. Hudson Fysh, Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta aircraft "Artemis" G-ABTJ, signal bell, Indian official, Short flying boat G-AETX, Handley Page HP 42 airliner, airports and flying boat pontoons, 1930's

MISCELLANEOUS
83. Vine covered house, Tasmania (?)
84. Families and wagons packed for land selection (?)
85. Outback homestead
86. Goods train and workmen

Sir Hudson Fysh - photographs from nitrate negatives, ca. 1900-1950

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