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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 8, 2022 9:44:24 GMT 12
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Post by agviser1970 on Oct 10, 2022 10:19:56 GMT 12
Thanks Dave,
No I had not seen that one before.
Cheers,
Andrew
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 16, 2022 14:49:16 GMT 12
Andrew emailed me this photo asking if I can post it, and he said: "Here is a photo of the completed memorial board on Goodfellow Road Waihou"  |
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Post by ifly4u on Oct 20, 2024 18:08:03 GMT 12
ZK-ADF/VH-UMK does or did reside at Boonah however it was recently offered for sale. Its interesting to note that it was rebuilt recently by Bill Finlen as it also has c/n Genairco 9 which suggests the rebuild my have been started by the General Aircraft Company, Mascot which began building aircraft in the late 1920s. The General Aircraft Company was incorporated in February 1929 and initially repaired and rebuilt DH60s for the RAAF. They also built three copies of the DH60x which they neither had the approval or licence from De Havilland to do so and this caused some problems Following this they built two of their own designs, one with open cockpits which seated two passengers abreast in front of the pilot, the other a DH83 Fox Moth look-a-like which seated five including a pilot. It seems the company built 11 aircraft with construction numbers 1 and 10 to 19. Why c/n 2 to 9 were not allocated has never been adequately explained however there was suggestion some years ago these numbers were allocated to other aircraft rebuilt by the company. Perhaps ZK-ADF was one of these. VH-UMK is today finished with a black and maroon fuselage, silver wings and carries the name "Golden Quest" on its engine cowlings Interesting thread. I have been doing a bit of research today on ZK-ADW. This was previously VH-UMK. It appears that the currently registered VH-UMK is built from the remains of ZK-ADF and not ZK-ADW. The original VH-UMK/ZK-ADW was the 9th aircraft built by the General Aviation Company (GENAIRCO) at Mascot, Sydney, Australia. The first six numbers used by GENAIRCO were for the six DH60s they repaired for the RAAF. The next three were DH60Xs, which were the aircraft mentioned in the thread that were built without a licence from de Havilland. After that, the aircraft were different designs that had a wider fuselage to accommodate two passengers in the front seat, as well as having other modifications. VH-UMK received the "MK" registration as it was built for G E Marni-Kerry (using the initials of his surname). It was registered on 19 November 1929 and then exported to New Zealand, where Marni-Kerry flew it with its Australian registration. It crashed in a paddock at Maraetai, Auckland, on 25 November 1934 - of which there is a good photo in the NZ Herald. A Desoutter crashed nearby on the same day (nothing to do with the Te Aroha accident just three days later (which also involved a Moth and Desoutter). VH-UMK was rebuilt and re-registered as ZK-ADW. It then changed hands and crashed at Rotorua on 18 October 1941 after an engine failure (fuel starvation) due to the pilot inadvertently switching off a fuel cock. It was never repaired after that and its fate is, so far, unknown. The passenger on the last flight was Eric Stuart Law, later to become an RNZAF pilot, who is mentioned elsewhere on RNZAF Proboards. Anyway, I hope that clarifies a few things and doesn't create more confusion. :-) |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 24, 2024 18:46:17 GMT 12
I must go and have a look at that.
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Post by Antonio on Oct 24, 2024 18:51:54 GMT 12
I must go and have a look at that. Ditto. Next trip north |
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