Registration / Serial: | VH-UXY |
Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-6 Envoy |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-6 Envoy |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-6A Envoy |
C/n (msn): | 31 |
Aircraft Name: | Stella Australis |
City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | 3 December 1934 |
Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 432001Submit Correction |
View count: | 722 |
Photo taken the day it departed Oakland for Wheeler Field, Hawaii on the first leg of a flight to Australia. It disappeared without trace. It is speculated that it overshot Hawaii after more favourable winds than forecast. The captain, renowned Australian pilot Charles Ulm, claimed the Envoy would float for days, so did not carry a lifeboat. He perished with his two crew.
Registration / Serial: | VH-UXY |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-6A Envoy |
C/n (msn): | 31 |
City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | 3 December 1934 |
Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | VH-UXY |
Aircraft Original Type: | Airspeed AS-6 Envoy |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Airspeed AS-6 Envoy |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-6A Envoy |
C/n (msn): | 31 |
Aircraft Name: | Stella Australis |
City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | 3 December 1934 |
Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 432001Submit Correction |
View count: | 722 |
Photo taken the day it departed Oakland for Wheeler Field, Hawaii on the first leg of a flight to Australia. It disappeared without trace. It is speculated that it overshot Hawaii after more favourable winds than forecast. The captain, renowned Australian pilot Charles Ulm, claimed the Envoy would float for days, so did not carry a lifeboat. He perished with his two crew.
Registration / Serial: | VH-UXY |
Aircraft Version: | Airspeed AS-6A Envoy |
C/n (msn): | 31 |
City / Airport: | Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland International (KOAK / OAK)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | 3 December 1934 |
Photo from: | David Caughey CollectionContact |