G-AUDE  Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8                    (c/n  69)

                                

                                     Eight of these World War I army co-operation machines were civilly registered after the war.
                                     Two of them were used by the embryo Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
                                     Ltd (later to become Qantas) where they were part of a mixed fleet of leased aircraft and used
                                     on services between Charleville and Cloncury carrying both mail and passengers.   G-AUDE
                                     was later sold to Qantas and became part of their early fleet in 1922.   The historic image above
                                     is from the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland collection.    The F.K.8 sustained
                                     serious damage in a forced landing near Blackall, Queensland in September 1923, and was
                                     dismantled and burnt two months later.  Qantas records indicate that it was considered "useless".