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4 unusual facts about Toowoomba Airport


Toowoomba Airport

The commencement of Skytrans Dash-8 services on the Western Route via Toowoomba has assisted to demonstrate the effectiveness of regional turbo-prop aircraft operating directly in Toowoomba with a low noise footprint.

In August 1932 Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, a pioneer Australian aviator, landed at Toowoomba in his Fokker Trimotor named the 'Southern Cross'.

In 1928 he flew the first solo flight from England to Australia, for this achievement he flew his Avro Avian G-EBOV.

Wilsonton, Queensland

The suburb contains Toowoomba Airport and a large industrial area along its western boundary on Boundary Road.



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