Originally Posted by
Wingspar
Fris B.
Just wondering exactly how much Qantas put into her?
I bet QF will milk as much as they can out of the ol' girl but the cynic in me doubts a significant contribution on their part!
http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn...006/oct06/3489
Pure speculation on my part, but maybe the Rat's contribution isn't necessarily monetary, but rather in providing crew, project & flight planning assistance, engineering advice and support, manuals, materiel, route clearance/diplomatic assistance, contacts at Shell & Boeing (recalling that Shell provided the special fuel for VH-OJA's then-record delivery flight in 1989), etc. - doubtless all of which will be costed to claim a tax discount but maybe the number of actual number of cheques written will be small. But vital support nonetheless which would've had to have been bought if it wasn't given. They could've told the project to take a running jump. But, as I say, pure spec by me.