The Queensland branch had been formed in 1972 and had met regularly in QANTAS House Brisbane. In addition to guest speakers, it had encouraged social interaction between members and families, for example through charter flights and visits to aviation venues. In 1973, the stated objectives of AHSA to support aviation museums were embraced literally. It was then agreed that AHSA (Qld) should investigate and if possible commence an aviation museum in Queensland, in the absence of any official moves of this nature. Queensland was a State with justifiable pride in its aviation pioneering past. As no community aviation museum then existed in Queensland, the AHSA (Qld) decided to take initiatives to correct this deficiency. Subsequently the AHSA (Qld) formed a museum branch which obtained a Canberra bomber in 1973 and commenced negotiation with the British Ministry for Defence to obtain a Meteor. Initially, one meeting per month was set aside for museum matters while a second meeting addressed the social activities of the AHSA. The museum branch of AHSA (Qld) adopted the title  Queensland Air Museum and  official inauguration of the museum under this title took place at Kuraby on June 2nd 1974. Although initially joint membership of AHSA and QAM was normal, members wishing to devote their efforts to preservation of aviation subsequently were able to take out separate QAM membership subscriptions which were devoted to the museum project. A separate Constitution for QAM was also developed and this led to Incorporation.

For some years, elections of the organisations were jointly held for both AHSA (Qld) and QAM. Eventually, the work load of collecting, moving and displaying aviation hardware became all - consuming and all physical, financial and administrative effort was devoted, of necessity, to establishing and developing the museum project. Both the separate meetings and associated election of AHSA (Qld) Office bearers thus fell into abeyance in Queensland. As a result,  AHSA (Qld) existed in name only, although it continued to be listed under the immediate past President’s address. Communications received were usually re-directed to Queensland Air Museum. General aviation historical questions were however answered direct.