VH-UUX de
Havilland D.H.87B Hornet Moth
(c/n 8078)
This Hornet was imported in 1936 for the
Royal
Aero Club of NSW (then at Mascot). It
somehow escaped being impressed during WW II and, after several private
owners, wound
up in 1961 with the Warwick
Aero Club in south Queensland. It was unfortunately
destroyed
in a hangar fire at Toowoomba, Qld on 29 August
1962. It is seen above post-war, while
the
image below, from the files of the State Library of New South Wales,
show it in original
livery, with
the RACNSW.