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Visit the original Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) base in Alice Springs, which started operations in 1939, and learn about the history and development of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. See one of two life-size ‘human’ holograms in the Southern Hemisphere, featuring RFDS founder Reverend John Flynn. Experience what it's like to be an RFDS patient through virtual reality. Take a tour of the RFDS museum to learn about its history in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Step inside a replica RFDS aircraft. Explore the decommissioned radio rooms, see historical medical supplies and figures like Alf Traeger and Nurse Kathy through interactive displays.
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Watch a hologram of the founder and explore a replica aircraft
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Visit the original Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs working base that commenced in 1939. 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 its like to fly with RFDS Pilot with our 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.
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