File:StateLibQld 1 109660 New Qantas passenger plane Apollo, G-AUJB, 1929.jpg
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See also http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/G-AUJB.html
Identifiable in this Qantas shot by its name, "Apollo", this Giant Moth had been incorrectly marked "G-AUJD" when it first arrived on 17 April of 1929. It flew for a week before anyone noticed and it was repainted as "G-AUJB". The rare shot below, taken from 'The Queenslander' journal dated April 1929 (and via the John Oxley Library collection) clearly shows the aircraft incorrectly marked. According to the caption on the image above, this photograph was taken on the first day of service as mail was being loaded at Brisbane for Charleville, and, although its identity is blocked by mail handlers, it would still have been wearing the incorrect identification at that time. Incidentally, the real VH-UJD was a Junkers W.35b. VH-UJB was sold in New Guinea in 1935 and was stricken from the register after it crashed near Mubo in that Territory on 9 May 1938
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The number on this plane is wrong. It should be G-AUJB VH-UJB.
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_G-AU.htm
DH.61 Giant Moth 334 G-AUJB VH-UJB QANTAS 'Apollo' 03.05.29 283 Rereg 16.7.29 Crashed nr Mubo NG 6.5.38 [incorrectly wore G-AUJD until 22.4.29]
VH-UJB The DH-61 began service with QANTAS on the Brisbane-Charleville run in 1929. It marked the beginning of two things in Australian aviation; the introduction of post-war commercial aircraft to Australia, and for the first time passengers no longer had to wear goggles and a helmet! Prime Minister of the time Stanley Melbourne Bruce made parliamentary history by becoming the first Prime Minister to use air travel for an official journey.
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DescriptionStateLibQld 1 109660 New Qantas passenger plane Apollo, G-AUJB, 1929.jpg |
English: New Qantas passenger plane Apollo, G-AUJD, 1929.
Collage of photographs marking the commencement of the Brisbane to Normanton passenger route, via Charleville. The plane is a De Havilland DH61 biplane which carries seven passengers.
Gaeilge: Nua-eitleán paisinéirí QANTAS "Apollo", G-AUJB, 1929. Go mícheart marcáilte mar "G-AUJD" sa grianghraf. |
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Source | Copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander, 18 April 1929, p. 29. |
Author | Contributor(s): The Queenslander |
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the number is wrong! G-AUJD Correct is :283 G-AUJB/VH-UJB
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