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MISCELLANEOUS ADASTRA AIRCRAFT

DE HAVILLAND DH-60M MOTH VH-UOQ GOLDFINCH
(MSN 1483)

 
de Havilland DH-60M Moth VH-UOQ Goldfinch probably at Mascot c. August 1930.

Photo: CAHS/Len Dobbin Collection


14AUG30
 Registered VH-UOQ to Adastra Airways Ltd., Mascot, NSW. CofR No 393.
29AUG30
 CofA No 344 issued. Fitted with a Gipsy engine.
10FEB35
 Crashed into Cronulla Bay, NSW.
05JUL35
 Wreckage sold to A.L. Needham, Sydney, NSW.
10JUL35
 Struck off the Register.
11SEP35
 CofR renewed after rebuild with a Cirrus Hermes engine fitted.
04NOV35
 Crashed in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
10OCT38
 Sold to J.K. Richardson, Toowoomba, Qld.
06DEC38
 Registered to J.K. Richardson, Toowoomba, Qld.
16DEC39
 Sold to Mrs. E.B. Jones trading as Airwork Co., Archerfield, Qld.
31JAN40
 Registered to Mrs. E.B. Jones trading as Airwork Co., Archerfield, Qld.
22JUL40
 Impressed by the RAAF as spares.



This chronology is drawn from "The Historic Civil Aircraft Register of Australia" compiled by Bert Cookson and published by AustAirData. Thanks to Phil Vabre of the Civil Aviation Historical Society for providing the photograph.