| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-UUG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 85 Leopard Moth |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 85 Leopard Moth |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 85 Leopard Moth |
| C/n (msn): | 7110 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | November 1935 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 567686 |
| Photo Comment |
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VH-UUG was bought by pioneering Australian woman pilot Nancy Bird (later Nancy Bird Walton). It replaced her DH60 VH-UTN, seen here in the background. At the time Bird was using her aircraft to fly nurses to remote communities and properties from a base at Bourke, NSW. The operation was later moved to Cunnamulla, Queensland. Bird sold UUG in 1938 to a Cunnamulla farmer. The new owner and a passenger died when he crashed UUG at Cunnamulla on February 7, 1940. Photo from: University of Melbourne This photo was added on 28 April 2023, and has since been viewed 90 times. |