Originally Posted by
l.garey
You're right. London-Athens-Sydney (not on to Melbourne) was a Qantas Comet. My eyes get crossed looking at the timetable with all the variable stops. But I can't figure out a flight that fits Athens-Melbourne. All I can offer further is that it is likely the aircraft had 4 engines! Oh, and there would have been multiple captains over that marathon trip.
Laurence
And Qantas didn't have Comets either !
They may have had what we now know as a code share with BOAC though-using either BOAC Comets or Qantas Constellations?