Aircraft Photo of VH-UUP | Short S-16 Scion 1 | Marshall Airways | AirHistory.net #8208
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-UUP
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-16 Scion
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-16 Scion
Aircraft Version:Short S-16 Scion 1
C/n (msn):S.776
Operator Titles:(Marshall Airways)
Location
City / Airport:Sydney - BankstownMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YSBK   IATA: BWU   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:4 October 1970
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID: 8208
Photo Comment

Built as a seaplane in October 1934 as G-ACUX. To Papua New Guinea in March 1938 as VH-UUP. Withdrawn frrom use as a landplane in late 1947 and preserved in the crowded roof space of Marshall's hangar at Bankstown. Currently (2015) inaccessible to the public in deep storage in a Belfast Museum.

This photo is copyright © R.A.Scholefield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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