Editing Consolidated B-24 Liberator (section)

====Qantas====
In June 1944, [[Qantas|Qantas Empire Airways]] began service with the first of two converted LB-30 Liberators on the [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] to [[Colombo]] route to augment PBY Catalinas that had been used since May 1943. [[The Double Sunrise]] route across the [[Indian Ocean]] was {{convert|3513|mi|km|abbr=on}} long, the longest non-stop airline route in the world at the time. The Liberators flew a shorter {{convert|3077|mi|km|abbr=on}} over-water route from [[RAAF Learmonth|Learmonth]] to an airfield northeast of Colombo, but they could make the flight in 17 hours with a {{convert|5500|lb|kg}} payload, whereas the Catalinas required 27 hours and had to carry so much auxiliary fuel that their payload was limited to only {{convert|1000|lb|kg}}. The route was named ''[[Kangaroo]] Service'' and marked the first time that Qantas's now-famous Kangaroo logo was used; passengers received a certificate proclaiming them as members of ''The Order of the Longest Hop''. The Liberators were later replaced by [[Avro Lancastrian]]s.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1950/1950%20-%201946.html "Indian Ocean&nbsp;– New Guinea&nbsp;– Kangaroo Service&nbsp;– 1950–1946."] ''Flight Global website,'' 16 November 1950. Retrieved: 29 August 2009.</ref>