| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Other Marks: | 4 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Qantas Founders Museum |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Photo ID: | 678806Submit Correction |
| View count: | 381 |
Ex Spanish air tanker acquired by the museum in 2008 and flown to Australia as VH-EAX in 2009. Displayed in a World War II livery as used on the "Double Sunrise" service from Australia to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). The original G-AGIE (msn 808) was scuttled off Perth, Western Australia, in 1946. Qantas also operated PB-2B Catalina VH-EAX (msn 61148) from February 1948 to when it was wrecked in a storm in June 1949
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Other Marks: | 4 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Collection: | Qantas Founders Museum |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |
| Photo ID: | 678806Submit Correction |
| View count: | 381 |
Ex Spanish air tanker acquired by the museum in 2008 and flown to Australia as VH-EAX in 2009. Displayed in a World War II livery as used on the "Double Sunrise" service from Australia to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). The original G-AGIE (msn 808) was scuttled off Perth, Western Australia, in 1946. Qantas also operated PB-2B Catalina VH-EAX (msn 61148) from February 1948 to when it was wrecked in a storm in June 1949
| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAX |
| Alternate Registration: | G-AGIE |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 2008 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Airport: | Longreach (YLRE / LRE)Map | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | David CaugheyContact |