VH-UQG was an Avro Avian better known as Southern Cross Minor.
Our Frank Colquhoun collection includes:
MHS/FC 360. B&W photograph 1931. Charles Kingsford Smith (on wing) assisting in refuelling his Avro Avian VH-UQG prior to taking off on an unsuccessful attempt on the Australia-UK record. Alternative caption: A 1931 photograph of the marsh at the Wyndham, WA. showing Charles Kingsford Smith (atop a wing) assisting in refuelling his Avro Avian VH-UQG ‘Southern Cross Minor’ from drum fuel prior to taking off on an unsuccessful attempt on the Australia-UK record. This image also appears on page 36 of Frank Colquhoun’s 2001 book Cockpit and Spanner.
See our VH-UQG Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.