ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202489
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| Date: | Sunday 22 March 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | R. J. Robinson |
| Registration: | VH-UQH |
| MSN: | 1685 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Winning Pool Station, Carnarvon, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Winning Pool Station, Carnarvon, Western Australia |
DH.60M [Gipsy II] sold to C.W.A Scott, Australia with C of A 2929 issued 19.2.31. UK Registered as G-ABHY [C of R 2971] 9.3.31 to Charles William Anderson Scott, Stag Lane, Edgware. Middlesex. Departed Lympne, Kent 1.4.31 and arrived Darwin, NT, 10.4.31; record flight of 9 days 3 hrs 40 min [also quoted as 9 days 4 hrs 11 min]. For this achievement, the King awarded him the Air Force Cross in 1931. UK Registration G-ABHY cancelled as sold 31.12.31.
Re-registered in Australia as VH-UQH [C of R 437] 7.9.31 to R.S. White, Sydney, NSW (later Brisbane, Queensland). Registration cancelled 10.32; restored and re-registered same month to same owner. Re-registered 26.11.37 to R Lauder, Cunnamulla, Queensland [based at Eskdale, Queensland].
Re-registered 12.5.44 to Spencer Gulf Aero Club, Whyalla, South Australia. Re-registered 18.3.46 to L. McTaggart, Port Augusta, South Australia (later Carnarvon, Western Australia). Re-registered 28.2.50 to K.G. Haslen, Carnarvon, WA. Re-registered 4.3.52 to R.J. Robinson, Carnarvon, WA.
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) in a cyclone at Winning Pool Station, Carnarvon, Western Australia 22.3.53 and stored.
Remains rediscovered June 1981 in a shed in Western Australia by Ed Field and bought by him; engine and bearers missing and sundry Tiger Moth parts fitted (apparently this happened back in the 1940s); shipped to Lower Plenty, Victoria for rebuild. Registered 25.10.96 to Ed Field, Beerwah, Queensland (on rebuild 2009 by Ed Field/Sandora Aviation, Caboolture, Brisbane, Queensland.
A 40-year restoration to its original registration completed in 2019. Based locally at Caboolture, and now wears original UK registration G-ABHY; the reason for this is, after discovering the historical significance of the UK markings that the aircraft previously had, the decision was made to restore her to the markings she wore in April 1931 when C.W.A Scott broke the UK-Australia solo record.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABHY.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html
6. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UQH.html
7. https://wiki2.org/en/C._W._A._Scott
8. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/153825/VH-UQH/G-ABHY
9. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1625946984355207/posts/2898086527141240/
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnarvon,_Western_Australia
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Dec-2017 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2019 10:54 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 07-Jun-2022 19:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Sep-2023 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Location]] |
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