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1 day ago · Qantas Empire Airways Short Empire flying boats at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour, 1939. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 by Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. [21] [22] The airline's first aircraft was an Avro 504K.
8 hours ago · Southern Airways appeared at ATL after the war and had short-haul routes around the Southeast until 1979. In 1957, Atlanta saw its first jet airliner: a prototype Sud Aviation Caravelle that was touring the country arrived from Washington, D.C. [25] The first scheduled turbine airliners were Capital Viscounts in June 1956; the first scheduled jets were Delta DC-8s in September 1959.
