AIRCRAFT OF THE QANTAS GROUP –
Liveries and special decals.
Part 1.
A pictorial record of the liveries and special decals that have been carried by Qantas piston-engined aircraft over the years.
‘G-AUBG’ – Avro 504K. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 14, 1971.
Queensland & N. T. Aerial Service Pty Ltd
Copyright – R. N. Smith 2
‘G-AUBG’ – Avro 504K. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, date unknown.
Queensland & N. T. Aerial Service Pty Ltd
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 3
G-AUER. ‘Hermes’ – de Havilland DH.50A. Unknown airport, date unknown.
The ‘Qantas’ titles were located on the rear fuselage.
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 4
G-AUHE. ‘Atalanta’ – de Havilland DH.50J. Brisbane Airport, date unknown.
The ‘Qantas’ titles were located on the rear fuselage.
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 5
VH-ABF. Short S.23C Empire Class Flying Boat. Sydney, Rose Bay, November 1938.
Qantas Empire Airways Brisbane – ‘Cooee’ - titles located behind the forward entry door
Copyright – Paul Sheehan Collection 6
VH-ABB ‘Coolangatta’ - Short S.23C Empire Class Flying Boat. Sydney, Rose Bay, date unknown.
Qantas Empire Airways Sydney – ‘Coolangatta’ - titles located behind the forward entry door
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 7
VH-ABA. Short S.23C Empire Class Flying Boat. Sydney, Rose Bay, date unknown.
Qantas Empire Airways - ‘Carpentaria’ - titles relocated and ‘war-time’ fin and fuselage flashes added
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 8
VH-ABG. Short S.23C Empire Class Flying Boat. Sydney, Rose Bay, January 08, 1948.
Qantas Empire Airways – ‘Coriolanus’ - titles relocated to below the aircraft’s name.
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 9
VH-EBW. Short S.25 Mk 4 Tasman Class Flying Boat. Sydney, Rose Bay, date unknown.
Qantas Empire Airways – all-metal livery
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 10
VH-EBV. Short S.25 Mk 5 Plymouth Class Flying Boat. Redlands Bay, Brisbane, circa 1953.
Qantas - ‘Pacific Warrior’ – revised livery and titles
Copyright – J. Wilson Collection 11
VH-EAS. Avro 691 Lancastrian Mk 1. Unknown airport, date unknown.
Qantas Empire Airways – all-metal livery
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 12
G-AGKT. Consolidated Vultee LB-30 Liberator. Unknown airport, circa 1944.
Qantas Empire Airways – all-metal livery with small ‘kangaroo’ on the nose
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 13
G-AGKU. Consolidated Vultee LB-30 Liberator. Perth Airport, October 16, 1944.
Qantas Empire Airways – all-metal livery with ‘kangaroo’ on the nose and the wartime fuselage ‘flash’
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 14
G-AGTI. Consolidated Vultee LB-30 Liberator. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1945.
Qantas Empire Airways – all-metal livery with revised nose titles
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 15
VH-EBR. de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1953.
Qantas – standard livery
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 16
VH-EBR. de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover. Unknown location, circa 1953.
Qantas – standard livery
Copyright – Qantas Heritage Collection 17