{"id":754,"date":"2020-06-11T22:24:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T14:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/?post_type=listing&p=754"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T06:25:18","slug":"longreach-airstrip-queensland","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/listing\/longreach-airstrip-queensland\/","title":{"rendered":"Longreach Airstrip, Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Longreach<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Longreach Airstrip<\/strong> in Queensland is situated near the town of Longreach<\/a><\/strong>. The airport is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) northeast of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longreach has played a major part in Australian aviation from 1919 onwards. In August of that year, a small party left the town to travel overland to survey a route suitable for competitors in the first air race to leave England en route to Australia. The travellers included Hudson Fysh<\/a> and Paul McGinness, two pilots who had both been trained in the Australian Flying Corps<\/a> during World War I. In December 1919, a Vickers Vimy<\/a> landed, piloted by Ross and Keith Smith, who were en route to Melbourne after completing the first England to Australia flight<\/a>. They were the first to use the air route pioneered by Fysh and McGinness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first overland flight across the Australian continent from Melbourne to Darwin passed through the airport in 1919. This flight was undertaken by Captain Henry Wrigley and Sergeant Arthur Murphy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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