Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photo number

PH0323/0032,

Collection

D. D. Smith Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1933-06-24,

Location

Derby (W.A.),

Description

Charles Ulm's Avro X airlines 'Faith in Australia' VH-UXX prior to its departure on June 24 1933 for England. The aircraft had originally flown for Ulm and Kingsford Smith's airline ANA as the 'Southern Moon' however the company had been forced into liquidation. A group of former ANA staff banded together to purchase the aircraft and Ulm considered that if he were to win a tender for carriage of mails on the Australia- Singapore link he would need to achieve something out of the ordinary. Accordingly he planned a return flight to England in the much-modified Aero, renamed 'Faith in Australia'. The trip was plagued by mechanical problems and the mails contract eventually awarded to QANTAS. The crew of Faith in Australia were: Charles Ulm, 'Scotty' Allan and P. G. (Gordon) Taylor.,

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/10070/33620,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/313323