VH-UOH General Aircraft Genairco
(c/n 17)

Photographed in Fiji in 1933 after it had been sold to the
original Fiji Airways where it eventually
became VQ-FAC. It was restored to the
Australian register in 1936 as VH-UUI.
(Had it been
in the UK, it would
have reverted
to its original rego). Photo above from the Geoff Goodall
collect-
ion.
Geoff indicates that -UOH, along with Genairco Cabin Biplane VH-UOJ were both shipped
out to Suva from
Sydney on the SS Aorangi, departing 2 Feb 1933. They were
accompanied by
General Aircraft Co
Ltd's owner/CEO George Boehm to supervise their assembly and the
fitting of
their floats which
were designed by Lawrence Wackett and had been built at Cockatoo Island
Dock-
yard in
Sydney. Due to poor patronage, Fii Airways Ltd ceased
operations in Feb 1934. The
company, which was
registered in Adelaide with Guinea Airways backing, was liquidated two
years
later.