Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photo number

PH0329/0035,

Collection

Rodgers Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1920,

Location

Parap, Darwin,

Description

A Hercules VH-UJQ airmail plane, West Australian Airways. VH-UVQ DH66 replaced Imperial Airways Hercules aircraft 'City of Cairo' which had crashed at Koepang on 19 April 1931 during the final leg of the air mail experimental trip between London-Sydney. The aircraft was purchased by Imperial Airways from West Australian Airways and flew from Darwin on 20 May 1931, flown by R. W. Tollard and engineer Gardiner (R. Alford). 1920s/30s.,

Notes

Date:1920?,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/30251,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/30251

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/746944,