G-AUBX Sopwith Gnu
(c/n W/O 2976/5)
Two Sopwith Gnus (out of
about six built) were imported by Australian Aerial Services Limited
ostensibly for use on the
Adelaide to Sydney mail route. They were G-AUBX and -UBY.
The
above shot, from the John Hopton
collection, purports to illustrate -UBX on an airfield at Morn-
ington, Victoria. This
aircraft was originally registered in June 1921 to J.R. Fullarton of
Elwood,
Victoria who traded under the name Fullham Air
Transport. The Gnu crashed at Culgoa, Victoria
a scant two months after being
registered, although was not officially stricken off until 1925.
Whether it flew between 1921 and
1925 is not certain, but it was gone from the register long before
it would have been re-registered
VH-UBX.