Aircraft Photo of G-ACJL | Airspeed AS-5A Courier | AEM - Aircraft Exchange & Mart | AirHistory.net #575528
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ACJL
Aircraft Original Type:Airspeed AS-5 Courier
Aircraft Generic Type:Airspeed AS-5 Courier
Aircraft Version:Airspeed AS-5A Courier
C/n (msn):10
Operator Titles:AEM - Aircraft Exchange & Mart
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
 
Photo Date:1 August 1933 to 15 October 1934
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 575528
Photo Comment

Nice photo of G-ACJL without its Melbourne Air Race number 14. Note the tail logo - Aircraft Exchange & Mart at Hanworth were Courier dealers and the photo was most probably taken when the aircraft was new. In Australia the aircraft was registered VH-UUF to Aircraft Exchange & Mart, Mascot. However, it was shipped back to England during 1936, after colliding with Avro Avian VH-UGA on the ground at Essendon in 1935. There is no record of the airframe flying again in Britain, so presumably it was seriously damaged and not repaired.

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