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EXPERIENCE THE HISTORY OF THE RFDS

Tour & Learn

Join our guided tour or go it alone as you learn the history of the RFDS through interactive touchscreen portals, storyboards and decommissioned equipment, including a real Traeger pedal radio.

Take a guided tour or go it alone in the RFDS Darwin Tourist Facility
Immersive VR experience in a RFDS PC-12 aircraft
Experience life inside a real decommissioned RFDS PC-12

Virtual Reality

Relive the true experience of patient Gene Hildebrand and see what it’s like to fly with an RFDS Pilot through our immersive VR experience.

Experience incredible, realistic holograms

Pilatus PC-12 ‘PAPA’

Come aboard our decommissioned RFDS Pilatus PC-12 aircraft ‘PAPA’. From the cockpit to the cargo hold, this fully equipped aircraft is an experience like no other.

Holograms

Watch a life-size hologram of RFDS Founder, John Flynn, as he tells his story of the birth and growth of the RFDS.

Interact with hologram ghosts of the past

Mini-ghosts

You’ll interact with ghosts of RFDS past, as they answer selected questions from a touch panel.

Learn more about the rfds
Inside a museum with a small airplane on display, with stairs leading up to its entrance, surrounded by informational panels, a TV screen, and posters of aircraft on the wall.
A young girl with brown hair smiling and excited, sitting in a pilot's seat, holding a toy airplane control stick, with an aircraft instrument panel in the background.
A young girl in a pink dress wearing a virtual reality headset, sitting in a waiting area with blue chairs. Behind her, a sign reads 'Royal Flying Doctor Service' with a logo of wings and a kangaroo in a circle.
Inside view of an airplane cockpit with illuminated instrument panels, controls, and seats.

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