Denning ran on the British ITV network for one season (1959–60). At the closing of Charlie Drake's humorous song "My Boomerang Won't Come Back", it is implied that the narrator accidentally downs a Flying Doctor plane with his boomerang. The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia is featured in the outback map of the video game Flight Control. The British space rock group Hawklords released a song called "Flying Doctor" on their album 25 Years On (1978). It describes an Australian flying doctor who has a drug cabinet key. In the television series Thomas & Friends, Season 22 introduces Isla, a plane in service to the RFDS, who is good friends with Shane, the Australian engine Thomas first met back in the special Thomas & Friends: The Great Race. The episode "Cyclone Thomas" has Isla shown flying to various medical emergencies with her on-board doctor, Dr. Claire, and attempting to help evacuate residents from a town threatened by a hurricane. Heritage listings The First and Second Australian Inland Mission Hospitals in Birdsville are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Royal Flying Doctor Service was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention". In 2011 the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Queensland Section) was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of its contribution to rural health and rural community building in Australia. See also Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (similar service in Scotland) Emergency medical services in Australia Air medical services References Ross J ed. (1999) Chronicle of the 20th century, Viking, Ringwood, Victoria, External links Australian Inland Mission collection – digitised images from the National Library of Australia The Pedal Radio Audio slideshow: Outback Australia- The royal flying doctor service. Carl bridge, head of the Menzies Centre for Australian studies at King's College London School of Medicine, outlines the history of this service. University of WA Publishing – book, contemporary history of the RFDS Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) digital story and oral history: Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2011, State Library of Queensland Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Regional Aviation Association of Australia Air ambulance services in Australia Medical and health organisations based in Australia Health charities in Australia 1928 establishments in Australia Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Queensland Greats