Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photo number

PH0238/1679,

Collection

Peter Spillett Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1935-04,

Location

Parap,

Description

Dr Clyde Fenton's aircraft DH60 Gipsy Moth VH-UOI in the Qantas hangar. Fenton, the Northern Territory's famed 'Flying Doctor' re-named the aircraft 'IOU' partly in recognition of the mortgage held over both this and previous aircraft. VH-UOI had been rolled into the Qantas hangar for an overhaul, originally to take 48 hours, however there was another machine, VH-UJN 'The Magic Carpet' available and accordingly the engineers suggested to Fenton that they carry out further work. VH-UOI was signed over as collateral on VH-UJN on 12 May 1935 to Jim Fawcett, agent for the mining company that had sold VH-UJN to Fenton for $450.,

Notes

Date:1935-04,

Language

English,

Subject

aeroplanes,

Digital format

2804 x 5000 pixels : 48bpp ; 82.17Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : b&w ; 5.6 x 10.0 cm.,

File type

image/tiff.,

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/10070/11729,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/732528

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/732529,