Air Queensland De Havilland DHC-6-300 twin otter VH-TGF CN 270 . Taken on september 3 , 1983 at Cairns Airpport , Queensland Australia (CNS)(YBCS) . Air Queensland, formerly Bush Pilots Airways, was an Australian airline which operated from 1951 until 1988.Bush Pilots Airways was formed in 1951 and operated in Queensland, Australia until 1988. Its first aircraft was a de Havilland DH-90 "Dragonfly" registered as VH-AAD. This was purchased from Adastra Airways Ltd inOn 1 December 1981 BPA became Air Queensland. Air Queensland was the last airline in Australia to use Douglas DC-3s on regular scheduled services, the last being withdrawn on 7 April 1988.The Air Queensland name ceased to exist on 30 April 1988 when the airline was absorbed into Australian Airlines (later absorbed into Qantas). The last General Manager was Ron Entsch. Sydney in 1951 and flown to Cairns, Queensland by Bush Pilots founder Bob Norman .
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