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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 10, 2022 23:04:16 GMT 12
This appeared in the NEW ZEALAND HERALD, on the 20th of April 1933. So what was the story here? Did this Fokker/Avro actually come to New Zealand? Is the USE under it the registration, was it VH-USE?  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 11, 2022 21:14:19 GMT 12
Presumably the failure of Mackay's Timaru-based New Zealand Airways Ltd. took place before this aircraft made it across to NZ.
I think the signwriting under the fuselage is an advertisement " ANA USE ...." , presumably Castrol, Plume or somesuch.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2022 21:24:37 GMT 12
Thanks Peter. What a shame we never had one operating here, that would have been pretty neat.
Any idea what VH- rego is had been, and if it was a Fokker or an Avro?
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Post by delticman on Dec 1, 2022 12:13:59 GMT 12
There are two possible aircraft.
VH-UMG= 12/11/32 CoA expired. CoA renewed 23/3/1933.
24/3/33 Hart Aircraft Service Pty Ltd, Melbourne
VH-UMI= 28/2/33 WFU and Struck off register
25/8/33 registered to CTP Ulm and rebuilt as VH-UXX.
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Post by ams888 on Apr 8, 2024 13:58:33 GMT 12
A bit late to the thread but I'd say A.N.A. stands for Australian National Airways, the airline that Kingford Smith founded in 1929. It owned and operated 5 Avro 610's (which are license built Fokker VII's) and it also operated Smith's 'Southern Cross' Fokker.
The 5x Avro's were:
VH-UMF Southern Cloud
VH-UMG Southern Star
VH-UMH Southern Sky
VH-UMI Southern Moon
VH-UNA Southern Sun
Southern Cloud and Southern Sun both crashed in 1931. Southern Moon was reengined and re-registered as VH-UXX (Faith in Australia) which did visit NZ in 1934.
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