Alice Springs: Royal Flying Doctor Service Museum Entry｜Australia

Visit the original Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs working base that commenced in 1939. See, experience, and learn through the wonder of technology the heroic tales of the birth and growth of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia by visiting RFDS’ original working base in Alice Springs that commenced in 1939.

The story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia is forever linked with its founder, the Reverend John Flynn – Flynn of the Inland – who believed if you start something worthwhile, nothing can stop it. Relax in the air-conditioned theater and watch as the life-size hologram of Rev. John Flynn portrayed by an actor tells the story of Flynn’s vision and its realization into the RFDS of today.

Located in the original Radio Station House, take a closer look at the aircraft in the replica of a Pilatus PC12 on display. Feel what it is like to be a patient at 15,000 feet and learn the importance of the RFDS to outback Australians and the medical care required to service isolated regions.

Have a look at the wide variety of historic radios including a Traeger Pedal Radio and learn what it was like to communicate before telephones were invented. There is a large display of historic medical equipment that would have been used on the RFDS flights of the past.

See the evolution of aeroplanes used by RFDS with a range of model aeroplanes to take you through each decade. Relive the true experience of a patient and see what it's like to fly with an RFDS pilot with the RFDS virtual reality.

Walk through the museum and meet Alf Traeger and Nurse Kathy through interactive technology. Learn about the history and the activities of the RFDS’s pilots, engineers, doctors, and nurses, and the experiences of the patients that are cared for each day.