Passengers on the 1921 Avro 504 joy flight
Qantas celebrates 100 years: a look back at the airline's most iconic moments
This Monday, Qantas is celebrating its 100th birthday. We felt it was only appropriate to mark the occasion with a look back at some of our national carrier’s most iconic photographs. Grab a cuppa and kick back as we step back in time, from 1920 to 2020: these are some of Qantas’ defining moments.
Qantas' first mail passenger flight in November 1922
Qantas hangars at Eagle Farm in Brisbane, in the late 1920s
Pilot Lester Brain with his DH50J Atlanta Eagle, taken in Brisbane in early 1929
A 1938 poster showcasing the Empire Flying Boat
Empire Flying boats in Rose Bay, 1939
Qantas DH86 flight from Brisbane to Singapore in 1935
The Double Sunrise certificate presented to passangers on Indian Ocean flights by Catalina in the 1940s
Taken during the WW2 evacuations from New Guinea in 1942
The first flight from Sydney to London operated by Qantas on December 1st, 1947
The 1948-1959 Qantas female winter uniforms
Honolulu 1959: The inaugural Sydney-Nadi-Honolulu-San Francisco flight was operated by 707-138 VH-EBC City of Canberra.
The inaugural B707 Pacific Service, 29 July 1959
The Qantas Boeing 707-138 is rolled out in 1959
Qantas crew on the 1963 royal tour
