50 years of Qantas Leadership in Jet Services
Australian travellers joined the jet-set era 50 years ago when Qantas departed Sydney bound for USA


50 years of Qantas Leadership in Jet Services
Production 1st QF B707-138 jet Renton, USA, 1958
B707-183 production Renton USA 1959
First QF B707-138 VH-EBA after rollout USA 11 Feb 1959
Live television coverage greets arrival 1st QF B707-138 jet Sydney 2 July 1959
Ceremonial decoration prior 1st Qantas jet service from Sydney 29 July 1959
Boeing 707-138 VH-EBC flew 1st schedule flight 29 July 1959
Boeing 707-138 VH-EBC flew 1st schedule flight 29 July 1959
First Qantas B707-138 official welcome Nadi, Fiji, 1959
QF Boeing 707-138 welcome ceremony Honolulu 1959
QF Boeing 707-138 welcome ceremony Honolulu 1959
Qantas Chairman Hudson Fysh at naming ceremony Qantas B707-138 at Honolulu 1959
Mail handed over for inaugural B707 by VH-EBA Sydney to Vancouver service 11 September 1959
Flight hostess uniform 1959
Qantas B707-138B VH-EBL City of Geelong in V-jet livery introduced from 1961
Qantas B707-138B VH-EBH with new engine, body design August 1961
B707-338C VH-EAJ City of Geelong in 1969 V-jet livery
B707 cabin bag 1959
Passenger ticket circa 1960s
1960s travel advice for women
