Announced on 2 April, 1975, the first two RAAF C-130 Hercules flights left Saigon on 4 April, bringing 194 children to Bangkok, where they were put on a specially-chartered Qantas Boeing 747 to Australia. Two more flights followed on 17 April.
VH-OGA, named Great Ocean Road, will first travel to Bangkok in what will be the longest flight of the type operated by a commercial airline, before carrying on to the NSW capital. It’s expected to arrive in Australia on Wednesday morning shortly after…
Announced on 2 April, 1975, the first two RAAF C-130 Hercules flights left Saigon on 4 April, bringing 194 children to Bangkok, where they were put on a specially-chartered Qantas Boeing 747 to Australia. Two more flights followed on 17 April.