VH-UYG  Cessna C-34 Airmaster                             (c/n  339)

                              
                                                    
                                     Recognizable by the absence of wing supporting struts, (the wing was fully cantilevered, internally
                                     braced) the Cessna C-34 was introduced in 1935.  VH-UYG was imported in July of 1937.  The
                                     image above, from the Graeme Parsons collection, shows it at Macot in 1937 while it was owned 
                                     and operated by Airflight, Ltd.    Immediately below is a photograph taken by Mr. Eyre in 1938
                                     (from the Geoff Goodall collection) showing the Airmaster in 1938 .   My own two shots (foot of
                                     page) illustrate -UYG at Benalla, Victoria in the early 1950s.   Too bad they no longer had the
                                     helmeted cowling.  Looks strange with a smooth one.  In 1940 the big Cessna was impressed
                                     into RAAF service as A40-1.   After WW II it lived most of its life in the Woollongong, NSW
                                     area, until 1963 when it was re-registered VH-KWM.     It reverted to its original historic regis-
                                     tration in 1993 and is still extant today.