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RFDS engineer in hangar

Next generation of aircraft engineers in the making

29 Nov 2025

Brisbane-based Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Cate Dows and Cairns-based Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Garvina Lui are forging ahead in their careers in the Licensed Engineer Aviation Program (LEAP).

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22 Sep 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has 20 million reasons to thank Ergon Energy Retail customers

Twenty-five years of working alongside the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) has seen Ergon Energy Retail staff and customers raise more than $20 million.

Ergon Energy Retail partnership
19 Sep 2025

RFDS crews upskill on trauma training

Doctors and nurses from across the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) and LifeFlight networks gathered across the state last week to upskill on essential trauma training.

RFDS crews doing training
17 Sep 2025

Keeping kids safe and healthy from the start

This World Patient Safety Day, we share the vital work of the RFDS Primary Health Care (PHC) team in ensuring there’s ‘safe care for every newborn and child’ across Queensland.

PHC appointment
15 Sep 2025

Road to restoring the Drover

An iconic piece of Australian aviation history, the de Havilland Drover aircraft, is being carefully restored after spending more than 45 years on display at Mount Isa’s George McCoy Park.

Restoring the drover
07 Sep 2025

Mr Fix-It in the hangar and at home

As a Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Senior Base Engineer at our Brisbane Base, Nick enjoys pulling aircraft apart and putting them back together. At home, his two energetic kids have taught him that, unlike aircraft, life doesn’t come with a manual.

Engineer, Nic in working in front of aircraft
06 Sep 2025

New RFDS community champion all about connections

Victoria Nancarrow is at her happiest meeting people.

Victoria in between community members
30 Aug 2025

A fight to save Craig’s life

Cardiac arrest survivor Craig shares his story of how the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) saved his life.

Aeromedical retrieval near Tobermorey Station
28 Aug 2025

New lease on life for the Drover

An iconic piece of Australia’s aviation history, a de Havilland Drover aircraft, is being restored and relocated to the new Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) Mount Isa Base and Visitor Experience Centre.

de Havilland Drover