when did the first one start?
April 1924
Lester Brain
Moving to Queensland in April 1924, he took up employment as a pilot with Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (Qantas), its first aviator without a war record.
who was lester brain? Australian aviator and airline executive where was he born? Forbes, New South Wales, Australia which school did he pass out from? Sydney Grammar School at which place did he complete his aviation training at? Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). which airlines did he work for after his training? Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (Qantas), Trans Australia Airlines (TAA)
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Lester Brain [SEP] Qantas
Brain graduated at the top of his class after the year-long training course at Point Cook, and was duly commissioned in the CAF. Moving to Queensland in April 1924, he took up employment as a pilot with Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (Qantas), its first aviator without a war record. On 7 February 1925, he flew the first scheduled passenger service from Cloncurry to Camooweal, extending the airline's founding route—from Charleville to Cloncurry—by . The following year, he completed a refresher course at Central Flying School, Point Cook. On a rain-soaked McKinlay airfield near Cloncurry on 27 February 1927, he flipped Qantas' first de Havilland DH.50 on to its back while attempting take-off, though he managed to escape without injury.