MAYLANDS HISTORICAL AND PENINSULA ASSOCIATION

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VH-UOO was a Vickers Viastra II imported from the UK by West Australian Airways.

Our Frank Colquhoun collection includes:

  • MHS/FC 205. February 1931. Maylands Airfield. One of the Vickers Viastra aircraft undergoing assembly. The first two Vickers Viastra were assembled in the Airway’s hangar. These aircraft replaced the Hercules on the Perth to Adelaide service, but were plagued with engine problems resulting in many forced landings. This image also appears on page 50 of Frank Colquhoun’s 2001 book Cockpit and Spanner
  • FC 208. B&W photograph. Aircraft – Viastra VH-UOO
  • FC 572. B&W photograph. 1931. Brooklands airfield, England. VH-UOO, one of the West Australian Airways Vickers Viastra II aircraft on flight tests. This image also appears on page 49 of Frank Colquhoun’s 2001 book Cockpit and Spanner.
    Alternative caption for MHS/FC 572 Dec 1930. Vickers Viastra VH-UOO under test at Vickers UK base at Brooklands before it was crated and shipped to WA Airways for the Perth-Adelaide service.

See our VH-UOO 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.