MAYLANDS HISTORICAL AND PENINSULA ASSOCIATION

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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.

Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live, and learn. We acknowledge that we tell the stories of Noongar Country and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have passed away.