G-AUFY   Avro 594 Avian                                   (c/n  R3/AV/126)

                                 

                                     Nice shot from the Alan Betteridge collection (via the Civil Aviation Historical Society) of an Avro
                                     Avian taken at Essendon in 1929.   This aircraft was registered, at the time, to F.C.R. Jaques who
                                     traded as Wings, Ltd..  It departed for South Australia shortly after this photo was taken and was
                                     transferred to G. Matheson of Parachilna.  The fact that he (or she) traded under the name Jaques
                                     Flying Services operating out of Parafield tends to indicate that there was a connection between the
                                     two individuals.   Becoming VH-UFY in 1930, the Avian went on the have a series of owners in
                                     Queensland in the next decade.  It sustained serious damage by wind after forced landing at Morven,
                                     Qld in November 1939 and was officially stricken from the register in 1941.   Kevin O'Reilly sent
                                     me an interesting clip (below) from the 27 May 1929 Argus showing G-AUFY after a prang at Nhill.
                                     Based on this illustration I would say that the fitters of the day did extremely well in getting the aircraft
                                     airworthy again.