G-AUFX Farman
Sport
(c/n 7085)
This aircraft was not imported into Australia until 1927
although it looks much older than that.
Original owner was Industrial Indent Pty Ltd
of Melbourne. The historic shot above comes
from The A J
Jackson Collection at
Brooklands Museum. It was damaged in a landing at
Essendon on 25
November 1930, when it undershot the runway. It is seen (now
registered
VH-) following that
accident in the shot below from the Charles Ohlson collection via the
Civil Aviation Historical Society:
archives. The remains were destroyed in a
hangar fire at
Port Melbourne on 7
August 1931.