Queensland Air Museum the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), which provides medical support to isolated communities. The Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service, which would later become the RFDS, was established by Reverend John Flynn on 15 May 1928 in Cloncurry, Queensland. Flynn had a vision to use radios and aircraft to connect doctors and patients in remote locations. He engaged Alfred Traeger to develop suitable two-way radios which used a pedal generator to provide reliable power and the service took flight using a de Havilland DH-50 aircraft leased from Qantas which is another Queensland icon. The RFDS continues to operate a fleet
John Flynn (director) assistant on "Odds Against Tomorrow". Flynn subsequently worked as the script supervisor on "West Side Story" and as a second assistant director on "Kid Galahad" and "Two for the Seesaw". He then worked as first assistant director on "The Great Escape" and second unit director on "Kings of the Sun" ("a bullshit script, a popcorn script," according to Flynn). This was directed by J. Lee Thompson who used Flynn again as an assistant director on "What a Way to Go!" and "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!". In 1966, Wise set up a company to produce low-budget films that others would