VH-UOF General Aircraft Genairco
(c/n 15)
This aircraft was the
next on
the production line after VH-UOD shown previously.
(VH-UOE was an Avro
Avian). Its resemblance to a D.H. 60G can readily be
seen.
It did, however, have two
seats,
side-by-side, in the front cockpit. This Genairco was
fitted with
a 105 hp Cirrus Hermes. In the elongated image below from the
Frank Walters
collection, it
is seen as a new aircraft outside the General Aircraft factory at
Mascot in 1930,
Photo No 3 is from the Fairfax
archives (via the NLA) illustrating the
Genairco when flown
by its first owner,
Colonel Andrew Cunningham of Queanbeyan,
NSW in 1930. At the
foot of the page is a
photo from the John
Hopton collection, -UOF is seen upside down at
Belmont
Common Aerodrome, Geelong after collision with a cow (didn't do the cow
too
much good,
either). The aircraft was repaired after this accident, and was
ultimately
destr-
oyed by fire at
Camden, NSW in 1947.
.