G-AUAH de
Havilland D.H.60 Moth
(c/n 245)

This photograph, by Sam Hood, from the
State Library of New South Wales collection, shows Goya
Henry
after winning the second semi-final of an Air Race, circa
1929. This, presumably, was before
he lost his
leg in the crash of the Junkers Junior he was flying in July of 1930.
G-AUAH at the time
would
have been registered to the Civil Aviation Branch, Dept. of Defence,
and on loan to the Australian
Aero Club (NSW
Section) at Mascot. The aircraft had a rather
chequered career after that, being
involved
in several accidents, the last of which was a crash into the sea at
Ettalong Beach, NSW in 1941.
The
remains were sold in an unairworthy condition to V. Burgess in 1942
although the aircraft never re-
gained a CofA and was stricken from the
register in 1945.