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The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), through the Health Minister, also appealed to Cabinet for additional funding (Dec. 47829, 48554). The Minister’s submission asked for an additional $400,000 to offset the operating deficit for that year but was not approved by Cabinet. Instead, they asked the RFDS to ‘undertake a detailed and full review of its current services and how and where such services might be rationalised’. Without the additional funding, the options open to the RFDS were to close one of its three centres and educe services to rural Queensland. Though the Minister was concerned that a reduction of services would lead to a ‘public outcry’’ Cabinet remained unmoved.

Photo of the Flying Doctor base at Charleville, January 1955

Queensland State Archives Image ID 11200

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From The Telegraph, Monday 16 December 1940:

Control Building Will Centralise Air Traffic

By Our Aviation Correspondent.

The administrative building, to be erected at Archerfield aerodrome shortly, will centralise passenger traffic as well as the work of civil aviation officers.

At present the weather and radio offices, control tower and departmental offices are scattered round the aerodrome. Air companies now handle passenger traffic at their respective hangars.

The new building will encroach upon the landing ground about 60 feet beyond the present temporary control building.

The original intention to place it further out on the drome was amended following the protests from air companies that the building would be too close to natural runways.

The present site is to be in front of the cemetery, and the public enclosure with the back of the building in line with the remporary control tower.

TRAFFIC FACILITIES

On the gound floor of the building passengers will enter

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