Wreckage of Capt William Lancaster's Avro Avian IVM (previously VH-UQG) which crashed on 12 April 1933. The body of William Lancaster was discovered 12 February 1962 by a patrol of the Légion étrangère (French Foreign Legion) when they found the crash site. The wreck was located about 45 miles west of Lancaster's planned route from Reggane to Gao, French Sudan. His intended route was to follow a road across the desert. The estimated time of arrival at Gao was 0230. The wreck was recovered by the Wylton Dickson Expedition.

Withdrawn from use by Austrian Airlines in 2016 as OE-LVG, this F100 was registered to Alliance in May 2019, using the registration of another of the type which became VH-FGB. This super scheme was applied at Norwich in January 2020 to commemorative Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's attempted record-breaking flight from Australia to England in September 1931 flying an Avro Avian registered VH-UQG (see photo #500287). My wife and I were about to board the aircraft when this shot was taken, enjoying seats 1A & B for a flight to Uluru (Ayers Rock).

Looking a real treat is Alliance's Fokker F-100 VH-UQG.

Night departure - Virgin Australia flight VA1407 to Brisbane pushed back and awaiting taxi clearance. At the time of the photo, Virgin Australia was utilising Alliance Fokker jet aircraft, both -70 and -100 series for flights between Adelaide and Brisbane.

Sold in the UK in 1932 as G-ABLK. Photo from: National Library of Australia