VH-UFY  Avro 594 Avian                        (c/n  R3/AV/126)

                                

                                      This rough overly unsharped image hardly even falls into the "better than nothing" category.
                                      But, it is the only one I have been able to unearth for this Avian which was registered to
                                      Capt. F.C.R.Jaques, trading as Wings Ltd at Broken Hill, NSW in 1928. He also had
                                      another Avian, VH-UFZ.    It would be desirable if a higher resolution image could be
                                      obtained for viewing in this collection, which is attempting to list all VH- registered air-
                                      craft from 1921 until about 1970, in one easy to access website, for all to view and for
                                      the posterity of all aviation-minded Australians, lest we lose this historic chapter or our
                                      history.  In the event, the A.J. Jackson collection at Brooklands Museum apparently has
                                      one but unfortunately the cost to purchase a higher resolution image from my old friend
                                      A.J.'s collection has now become beyond the means of this non-commercial, not-for-profit,
                                      dedicated website.   Anyway, back to Capt. Jaques:  When the Depression forced him to
                                      liquidate Wings, Ltd he moved to Byron Bay, NSW and began barnstorming using -UFY
                                      to give joy-rides at five bob a time.  This business eventually petered out and in 1932 he
                                      left the Avian on the field at Byron Bay and walked away from it, returning to England
                                      where he later became Managing Director of North Eastern Airways Ltd.  In the mean-
                                      time VH-UFY wound up in Queensland with North Queensland Marine Products Pty Ltd
                                      and then had a couple of private owners in the Brisbane area before being damaged by gale
                                      force winds following a forced landing at Morvan, Qld on 10 November 1939.