Perth Airport

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Perth Airport...A trip down memory lane for some

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Some of the links below are incomplete in transferal, however going to the "source" link at the end of the post will take you to the sites


Hi Folks,

Some of you may be interested to know that the J.S.Battye Library has a photographic collection which contains many historic photos of WA's past, .

This includes some that are viewable online, including aviation-related photos dating back to 1921. Some of the gems include Maylands Aerodrome, Liberator at Perth Airport , Perth Airport terminal with the swans in the pond, the first Qantas 707 service, flying boats on the Swan River, visits by Bert Hinkler and Charles Kingsford-Smith. It also includes a photo of Kingsford-Smith when he flew for Norman Brearley on the first airline service in Australia - before Qantas. I looked up links in case you're interested:

PERTH AIRPORT

Qantas Liberator departs for Ceylon – 18 Aug 1944
G-AGKT. In July 1944 Qantas Empire Airways began a Kangaroo Service flying a converted Liberator bomber from Guildford via Learmonth to Ratmalana in Ceylon to supplement the Catalina service

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 8%2C0%2C-1

DC-3 VH-MME “Fitzroy” of MMA, which crashed at Guildford – 2 July 1949:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &2,2,,0,-1

Lockheed Constellation arriving from South Africa 1952:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 1%2C0%2C-1

ANA DC-4 and Avro Anson 1955:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 9%2C0%2C-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &6,,9,1,-1

MMA hangar 1958:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 8%2C0%2C-1

Two MMA DC-3s at Perth - 1962:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 9%2C0%2C-1

First QF 707 flight Feb 1962:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,0,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,1,-1

Perth terminal 1962 – including the Swans in pond:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,,2,0,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,,2,1,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,,2,3,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,,2,2,-1

Inside Perth Terminal - 1964:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 4%2C0%2C-1

First visit by TAA 727 – Oct 1966:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &2,2,,0,-1

First Cathay flight to Perth (by Convair 880) 1970:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 7%2C0%2C-1

1985 – New international terminal & control tower & taxiway construction:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,0,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,3,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,2,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,1,-1
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Various Seaplanes on Swan River during the 1920s/1930s (click on “View Photograph”)

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... s&1%2C9%2C

MacRobertson Miller Airlines Lockheed Electra VH-ABW, R.M.A. 'Kimberley', at Geraldton, 1939

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,0,-1

RAAF Anson W2133 crashed near Geraldton - 1942:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 4,24,,3,-1

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov..au/searc ... &1,1,,5,-1

RAAF Anson in flight over WA – 1942:

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... 1,1,,11,-1

RAN Bristol Sycamore helicopter at Perth Esplanade – 1957

http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search ... &1,1,,1,-1

Avro Vulcans of RAF plus 9 Sabres of RAAF do formation flypasts over opening and closing ceremonies for 1962 Commonwealth Games at Perry Lakes
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Before my time intrigued, however what prompted the post was some old photo's sent by my old man including one with a couple of black swans in the pond there before the observation deck

For me as a kid I recall dressing up in our Sunday best to go on a plane and the adults smoking on the plane

I also recall that taking back a bucket of KFC on the plane back up north, was a "must" :D
 
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A big outing for us was to travel in the back of dads ute, in our Sunday best and have tea.

It was what we thought was really plush.

Speaking KFC I remember the first openning at Melville we lined up for hours.
 
Nice one Redwing, I remember pressing my face up against the glass many a time at the observation point to watch my dad hop on a Jumbo jet.
 
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