Person
McGinness, Paul Joseph
- Occupation
- Aviator
Summary
Paul Joseph McGinness, an Irishman, and Hudson Fysh, both ex-Flying Corps lieutenants, were engaged in 1919 in surveying an air-route across Australia for the first England-Australia air race. In 1920 he was one of the founders of the first airline in eastern Australia, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd. (Qantas) and piloted the first Qantas flight in 1922.
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Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6962103. Details
- 'McGinness, Paul Joseph', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476892. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 25 May 2006
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