VH-UJL de Havilland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth
(c/n 985)
The above image is
courtesy of the Burren Junction Public School photographic
collection. The
shot appears to have
been taken when the aircraft landed in, or close to, the main
street. The
Moth was
owned, at the time, by C.W. Lamph of Fairholme via Warren, NSW, but
just why it
wound up
in that juxtaposition is not known. The school also provided another
Moth (VH-ULY)
taken at
the same venue. Since the Moth is registered VH- it would appear
that the photo was
taken
some time after August 1930 but clearly before it was damaged by a
storm at Walgett,
NSW on 27
April 1931 and written off. It appears as G-AUJL (below)
in the same photo I use
for
G-AUJI from the collection of the State Library of New South Wales.
. Note both Moths
with
wings folded on that occasion. .