Qantas

:QF may also mean Quick firing in British artillery terminology.

Other facts of interest

• The first aircraft owned by Qantas was Avro 504K G-AUBG, purchased for £1425. Cruising speed was 105 kilometres per hour (65 mph), carrying 1 pilot and 2 passengers.
• In the 1920s Qantas built a number of aircraft (De Havilland DH50s and a single DH9) under licence in its Longreach hangar.
• In 1928 a chartered Qantas aircraft conducted the inaugural flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, departing from Cloncurry.
• The first Qantas Boeing 707 was delivered to the airline in Seattle on 26 June 1959.
• Qantas Boeing 707s were nicknamed V jets from the latin vannus meaning fan.
• In 1979 Qantas was the only airline in the world to operate a fleet consisting entirely of Boeing 747's.
• Qantas has three planes painted in Australian Aboriginal art liveries: Wunala Dreaming (Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ), Nalanji Dreaming (Boeing 747-338 VH-EBU) and Yananyi Dreaming (Boeing 737-838 VH-VXB). All three carry striking, colourful liveries, designed by Australian Aborigines. British Airways used these designs on their tailfins as part of their 1997 "ethnic art" relaunch.
• Its first international destination was to Singapore.
• Actor John Travolta flies an ex-Qantas Boeing 707 painted in the Qantas livery of the 1960's.