VH-UGV  de Havilland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth                  (c/n  833)

                            

                                Both images in this entry are from the Neil Follett collection.  Above, as VH-UGV probably at
                                Mascot, circa 1937 while below is an enlargement of the photo used for G-AUIB showing the
                                Moth much earlier, as G-AUGV with a line up of Moths from the Australian Aero Club (SA
                                Section).    G-AUGV was, in fact, privately owned (although was probably also used by the
                                Club).   Its first owners in 1929 were F.E. and S.H. Hamilton of Glenelg.    It remained in the
                                Adelaide area until 1937 when it was purchased by the manufacturer, de Havilland Aircraft Pty
                                Ltd of Mascot, NSW.    It was sold to the Royal Queensland Aero Club in 1938 then to Byrne
                                Motor Co of Rockhampton a year later.   It evidently met with some mishaps, for its remains
                                were acquired by Queensland Air University Pty Ltd in October 1939 and it was struck off the
                                register.