Aircraft Photo of VH-UYX | De Havilland D.H. 87B Hornet Moth | AirHistory.net #174571
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-UYX
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 87 Hornet Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 87 Hornet Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 87B Hornet Moth
C/n (msn):8139
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, Australia
 
Photo Date:August 1954
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 174571
Photo Comment

VH-UYX was an entry in the REDeX air reliability trial, an aviation version of car reliability trials run by an company selling a fuel additive. The air trial passed through three Australian states and one territory. -UYX was struck off the register in in March 1963 after it did not recover from a collapsed undercarriage at Darwin in January 1960.

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