Aircraft Photo of VH-UUI | General Aircraft Genairco Cabin | AirHistory.net #116803
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-UUI
Aircraft Original Type:General Aircraft Genairco
Aircraft Generic Type:General Aircraft Genairco
Aircraft Version:General Aircraft Genairco Cabin
C/n (msn):17
Location
City / Airport:Wagga Wagga - Forest HillMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YSWG   IATA: WGA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:12 December 1965
Photo by:Bob Neate / Geoff Goodall
Photo ID: 116803
Photo Comment

Built as VH-UOH in 1930 with open cockpits. Sold to Fiji Airways as VQ-FAC and operated as a floatplane. Sank May 22, 1933. Shipped to Sydney for rebuilding, finally reappearing in 1936 as VH-UUI with an enclosed cabin for two passengers and the pilot behind, DH Fox Moth style. By this time Genairco was out of business. -UUI remained on the register with a couple of breaks until 1966, Over the years the engine was swapped from a Cirrus Hermes to a Gipsy Major and a DH60 undercarriage fitted. It was sold in the US as N240G in May 1966. Now in storage at the Fantasy of Flight Museum, Florida.

This photo is copyright © Bob Neate / Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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