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: 560
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: 560
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