| There is a Request for Proposals for a 25 year | | | | when Archerfield was opened. It was still used by |
| lease to refurbish and operate an aviation | | | | Kingsford Smith when he departed for California in |
| museum at the Heritage Hangar at Eagle Farm. | | | | the Lady Southern Cross in 1934. It was |
| Situated about 6km out of the centre of | | | | reopened by the American during World War 2 |
| Brisbane, Eagle Farm is a largely industrial area. It | | | | and new runways were built. The aerodrome was |
| used to be the site of Brisbane's main airport until | | | | used as an assembly plant for aircraft being |
| the current one was built. | | | | shipped from the USA and test flights. The Allied |
| Originally the site was just a landing field in 1922 | | | | Air Forces used Hangar 7 to test captured |
| next to the Eagle Farm racecourse. Two years | | | | aircraft of the Japanese. It is Hangar 7 which will |
| later, in 1925 the Eagle Farm Aerodrome was | | | | house the aviation museum which is currently |
| officially opened. It serviced flights from Brisbane | | | | calling for RFP via tender. |
| to regional centres in Queensland during the | | | | After the war, Eagle Farm Airport was reopened |
| twenties and early thirties. In 1928 Sir Charles | | | | for civil flights with Ansett ANA and Trans |
| Kingsford Smith and two others landed the | | | | Australian Airlines (TAA) and Archerfield was used |
| Southern Cross at Eagle Farm Aerodrome at the | | | | for light operations only. By the 1970s Eagle Farm |
| end of the first crossing of the Pacific Ocean | | | | was no longer large enough for Brisbane's air |
| from Oakland, California. 16,000 people rushed to | | | | services and Brisbane Airport was completed |
| Eagle Farm to greet the Southern Cross. | | | | north of Eagle Farm in 1988. |
| The first flight from Queensland to Sydney, NSW | | | | Those interested in the RFP tender need to |
| left Eagle Farm in 1930 flown by Australian | | | | submit information by August 25 2010. |
| National Airways. The Aerodrome then closed | | | | |