<P> By 1928 , Flynn had gathered sufficient funds through fundraising activities to launch the experiment of the AMS on 15 May . Its supporters included industrialist HV McKay , medical doctor George Simpson , and Hudson Fysh , one of the founders of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services , the company which would go on to become Qantas . Qantas supplied the first aircraft to the fledgling organisation , VH - UER a De Havilland DH. 50 , dubbed `` Victory '' . On 17 May 1928 , two days after inception , the service 's first official flight piloted by Arthur Affleck departed from Cloncurry , 85 miles to Julia Creek in Central Queensland , where the plane was met by over 100 people at the airstrip . Qantas charged two shillings per mile for use of the Victory during the first year of the project . </P>
<P> By 1928 , Flynn had gathered sufficient funds through fundraising activities to launch the experiment of the AMS on 15 May . Its supporters included industrialist HV McKay , medical doctor George Simpson , and Hudson Fysh , one of the founders of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services , the company which would go on to become Qantas . Qantas supplied the first aircraft to the fledgling organisation , VH - UER a De Havilland DH. 50 , dubbed `` Victory '' . On 17 May 1928 , two days after inception , the service 's first official flight piloted by Arthur Affleck departed from Cloncurry , 85 miles to Julia Creek in Central Queensland , where the plane was met by over 100 people at the airstrip . Qantas charged two shillings per mile for use of the Victory during the first year of the project . </P>
when did the royal flying doctor service start
when did the royal flying doctor service start
May 1928
May 1928