Aircraft Photo of VH-UXY | Airspeed AS-6A Envoy

Aircraft
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

Location
City / Airport:	Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland InternationalMap
Region / Country:	California, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KOAK IATA: OAK Local: OAK Other: -

Photo Date:	3 December 1934
Photo from:	David Caughey Collection
Photo ID:	432001

Photo Comment
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. This photo was added on 19 January 2022, and has since been viewed 659 times.

Photo Comment

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.

This photo was added on 19 January 2022, and has since been viewed 659 times.

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