VH-ULP  de Havilland D.H.60M Moth     (c/n 1406)

                                

                                   The above photograph is courtesy of the John Hopton collection via the Airways Museum and Civil
                                   Aviation Historical Society.       Originally a canopied Coupe, this Moth was purchased by the Civil
                                   aviation Branch and loaned to the Western Branch of the Australian Aero Club.    In 1935 it was re-
                                   converted into a standard D.H.60M and shortly thereafter transferred to the Victorian Aero Club.
                                   The historic shot below, from the Frank Walters collection, shows it at Essendon, probably after the
                                   club had acquired Royal status.  I'm not sure who the cadets were.     The boys were possibly ATC,
                                   and did the Girl Guides have an Aviation Division?.   Phil Vabre has more on this Moth at:
                                                                            http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/DH60%20VH-ULP.htm
                                   In April 2006 I received an email from Mr. Mal Shipton who had purchased this historic machine.
                                   (Evidently enough of the original existed to permit the reconstruction to carry the same rego!).  Any-
                                   way Mal sent the nice air-to-air shot of it (second below) being "ferried home" (to Queensland?).
                                   Finally, at the foot of the page is a photo of -ULP taken by Richard Penna when it was owned by
                                   his father, Les, who was a renowned re-builder of Moths and Tigers.