Reginald Ansett was the Ted Turner, Richard Branson of Australia, a swashbuckling entrepreneur who started a big business, molded in his own image. For Ansett, he started with a bus company in the 1930s, moving into air service. Ansett Airways lasted until 2002 when its parent company liquidated the operations.
There's now a museum in the original hangar in the town where Ansett started. It's a bit of a homemade, labor of love affair. Definitely a nice slice of Aussie entrepreneurship.
The hangar.
Inside, a bit like peeking into grandma's attic. Packed. Supposedly, 96% of the collection is in storage. Ouch. Plenty of uniforms on fashion runway ready mannequins are scattered around the hangar.
Cutout from one of their early planes. Impressive, made of wood, hand painted. Just don't sit in the bulkhead row.
Another model. They love the uniforms, all the way down to the shoes, which sometimes don't fit the poser.
A row of old seats in a sort-of airplane mock up. that's Reginald Ansett in the photograph above the seats.
The classic airline souvenir, the hand luggage with logo. Yet another model, slick.
The other classic souvenir, the model airplane.
There's now a museum in the original hangar in the town where Ansett started. It's a bit of a homemade, labor of love affair. Definitely a nice slice of Aussie entrepreneurship.
The hangar.
Inside, a bit like peeking into grandma's attic. Packed. Supposedly, 96% of the collection is in storage. Ouch. Plenty of uniforms on fashion runway ready mannequins are scattered around the hangar.
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Another model. They love the uniforms, all the way down to the shoes, which sometimes don't fit the poser.
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The classic airline souvenir, the hand luggage with logo. Yet another model, slick.
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