VH-ULE de Havilland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth
(c/n 1071)
A Geoff Goodall collection image of a Moth in
New Guinea, probably when with Papuan Airways,
circa
1929. Actually, this Moth has several weird anomalies.
First off, it is not sure whether its
c/n is
1071 or 1072. DCA stated it as 1072, but that is the
c/n for VH-UAW. The two c/ns
may be juxtapositioned. Whatever, VH-ULE spent all of its
career, up until war broke out, in
New Guinea. The
photo below, from the Frank Walters collection was taken at Essendon,
although the date is not known. Secondly, as seen below it
has a rather strange cockpit
canopy
with an
odd razor back fairing. Is it possible it was used as a
single passenger airliner at one time?
In 1932 it was
transferred to Pacific Aerial Transport Ltd of
Wau, NG, and then, in 1936, taken over
by
Mandated Airlines. When war broke out it was
repatriated back to Sydney and was finally struck
off the
register in
October 1947.