VH-UHK Avro 594 Avian Mk III
(c/n R3/CN/120)
Clearly I have managed to
unearth a plethora of images of this Avian. The above shot of was
taken
at Mascot in front of
the Adastra Airways hangar by Jason Hassard,
a pilot with New/ England Air-
ways and
Airlines of Australia who went on
to log among the
world's highest pilot flying time on
Douglas aircraft.
This
image is courtesy of the John Hopton
collection. Photograph # 2 below is
from the Fairfax
collection, via the NLA, and shows the aircraft (as G-AUHK) having its
prop swung
at Mascot when it was
still with the Australian Aero Club (NSW Section) as 'Rouseabout' . Image
No.3 from State
Library of New South
Wales archives
is part of the A.J. Perier photographic
collection
and depicts the
Avian being
presented to said club on 7 July
1928. The name 'Rouseabout''
came
about since it
was donated by J.J. Rouse, the manager of Kodak (who was, in
fact, Perier's
employer).
The personages are,
from left: Charles
Ulm, J.J.Rouse, Capt. G. F. Hughes, Charles Kingsford
Smith
and an unknown
gentleman. The
National Library
of Australia
image (# 4) shows a close-up of the
name and
presentation details on the nose of the Avian. After its disposal
by
the club in July 1931 (a
few days
before I
was born, incidentally) it had a succession of owners (and
accidents) in NSW finally
winding up with the
College of Civil
Aviation at Mascot in 1940. It was struck
off the register in
January
1941 Shot # 5
shows a a full
side image extracted from
the Adelaide
Advertiser of 7 July 1928 showing
it on
the day of its
presentation by J.J.
Rouse. . Photo # 6 was taken by Keith Virue and was sent by
Bruce
Robinson, a nephew of Keith's.
Personages and venue unknown. Finally at the foot of the
page
(# 7) is a
crash scene culled
from the Sydney Morning Herald of 30
July 1929 when -UHK came to
grief when
flying in thick fog
near
Wentworth
Falls. It was, as indicated above, repaired and went on
to
enjoy a long and colorful
history.
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