G-AUEO Avro 504K
(c/n AAEC/4)
Because of a shortage of the original Monosoupape
engines, Avro redesigned the 504J to be
adaptable for a
variety of engines. The resultant machine was the 504K.
This one had a 100 hp
Sunbeam Dyak,
although at least six different engines powered 504K models flying in
Australia,
including one
with a Hispano-Suiza. G-AUEO is seen here in this shot from the
John Oxley
Library. State
Library of Queensland collection landing on a beach at Urangan,
Queensland,
circa
1928. Although privately owned at the time (according to
the register), it is sporting
Queensland Air Navigation Ltd
titling. It crashed at Kalbar, Qld in February 1929 and
appears never
to have been registered after that, although the remains went through
several
ownership changes,
and as late as 1937 was listed as being owned by a C.W. Smallwood of
Lismore, NSW.