VH-UFA   de Havilland D.H.50A                     (c/n  [QANTAS] 1)

                           

                                VH-UFA was the first of several D.H.50As built by Qantas under licence from de Havilland in
                                1926.  "Iris" was operated as an aerial ambulance in conjunction with Q.A.T.B (Queensland
                                Ambulance Transport Brigade) whose ambulance is seen in this image (circa 1932) from the John
                                Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland collection.     The aircraft was sold to Austral Air
                                Services of  Toowoomba in 1935, although brokered by Qantas a year later to North Qld Air-
                                ways Pty Ltd of Cairns.   It was written off in a crash landing at Cairns on 1 December 1937. .