| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | VH-UHH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Stinson A Tri-Motor |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Stinson A Tri-Motor |
| Aircraft Version: | Stinson A Tri-Motor |
| C/n (msn): | 9126 |
| Operator Titles: | Airlines of Australia |
| Aircraft Name: | City of Brisbane |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: - |
| Photo Date: | June 1936 to September 1936 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 126093 |
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VH-UHH was involved in one of the most famous accidents in Australian aviation history. On February 19, 1937 it vanished on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney with two pilots and five passengers on board. Nine days later, Bernard O'Reilly, of the Lamington Guest House, hiked into the McPherson Range convinced that was where the plane had come down. On March 1 he found the wreckage and the two surviving passengers. Two passengers and the pilots died in the crash and the fifth passenger fell to his death over a waterfall trying to reach help. This photo was added on 18 February 2019, and has since been viewed 949 times. |