Ex G-EBTU which was flown by Captain W.N. Lancaster and Mrs J. Miller from the UK to Australia in 1928. The aircraft was sold in Australia becoming VH-UTU. Destroyed by fire after an accident at Singleton, NSW on June 6, 1936. Photo from: Coffs Harbour Regional Museum

The plane the centre of a 1920s scandal. Flown by Capt Lancaster from the UK to Australia, the adventurous pilot was accompanied by Mrs Miller, a married woman. The Avian was added to the Australian register as G-AUTU and later VH-UTU. Lancaster and Miller moved to the US where he was charged with the murder of another Mrs Miller's lovers. Acquitted, Lancaster returned to the UK and record flight attempts, dying of thirst in 1933 when he force-landed in the Sahara. Photo from: State Library of Queensland