Australian Civil Air Minister, 1958

2 images. Australian Civil Air Minister, 18 January 1958. Senator Shane Dunne Paltridge -- 48 years (Minister of Civil Aviation and Shipping and Transportation in the Australian Cabinet, at International airport); Courtland S. Gross (Lockheed President); W.C. Taylor (Vice Chairman of Qantas).; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Paegel. Date: 1958-01-18. Reporter: Tarpley. Assignment: Australian civil air minister. 7-8: Senator Shane Dunne Paltridge, 48, minister of civil aviation and minister of shipping and transport in the Australian cabinet, at International Airport. He is on tour of major aircraft firms here. 49-50: L-R: Courtland S. Gross, Lockheed president; Senator Paltridge and W.C. Taylor, vice chairman of Qantas (cq) Empire Airways, Australia's overseas airline".