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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 109660 New Qantas passenger plane Apollo, G-AUJB, 1929.jpg See also http //www edcoatescollection com/ac1/austu/G-AUJB html <blockquote> Identifiable in this Qantas shot by its name Apollo this Giant Moth had been incorrectly marked G-AUJD when it first arrived on 17 April of 1929 It flew for a week before anyone noticed and it was repainted as G-AUJB The rare shot below taken from 'The Queenslander' journal dated April 1929 and via the John Oxley Library collection clearly shows the aircraft incorrectly marked According to the caption on the image above this photograph was taken on the first day of service as mail was being loaded at Brisbane for Charleville and although its identity is blocked by mail handlers it would still have been wearing the incorrect identification at that time Incidentally the real VH-UJD was a Junkers W 35b VH-UJB was sold in New Guinea in 1935 and was stricken from the register after it crashed near Mubo in that Territory on 9 May 1938 </blockquote> Note The number on this plane is wrong It should be G-AUJB VH-UJB http //www goldenyears ukf net/reg_G-AU htm <blockquote> DH 61 Giant Moth 334 G-AUJB VH-UJB QANTAS 'Apollo' 03 05 29 283 Rereg 16 7 29 Crashed nr Mubo NG 6 5 38 incorrectly wore G-AUJD until 22 4 29 </blockquote> http //www airliners net/photo/Qantas/De-Havilland-DH-61/0952326/ sid cb280e6645b3d98a23745aeb7716c257 <blockquote> VH-UJB The DH-61 began service with QANTAS on the Brisbane-Charleville run in 1929 It marked the beginning of two things in Australian aviation; the introduction of post-war commercial aircraft to Australia and for the first time passengers no longer had to wear goggles and a helmet Prime Minister of the time Stanley Melbourne Bruce made parliamentary history by becoming the first Prime Minister to use air travel for an official journey </blockquote> en New Qantas passenger plane Apollo G-AUJD 1929 Collage of photographs marking the commencement of the Brisbane to Normanton passenger route via Charleville The plane is a De Havilland DH61 biplane which carries seven passengers Nua-eitleán paisinéirí QANTAS Apollo G-AUJB 1929 Go mícheart marcáilte mar G-AUJD sa grianghraf 1929-04-18 handle 10462/deriv/129169 Copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander 18 April 1929 p 29 Contributor s The Queenslander PD-Australia StateLibQld-License ImageNote 1 140 560 217 77 735 1000 2 the number is wrong G-AUJD Correct is 283 G-AUJB/VH-UJB ImageNoteEnd 1 Aviation in Queensland De Havilland DH 61 Giant Moth Eagle Farm Airport 1929 in Australia Black and white photographs Montages of aircraft Aviation images from The Queenslander | ||||
