VH-UBY
Sopwith Gnu (c/n Original W/O 2976/6)
This grainy old shot
was taken
from a Royal Victorian Aero Club newsletter. It was
purportedly
taken at Essendon Airport. In the background, at right, is one of
the Club's
D.H. 60
Moths. The aicraft was owned by a Mr. K.R.M. Farmer of
Malvern, Victoria
for many
years, being eventually struck off the register in 1946 after it was
destroyed
by a
windstorm at
Essendon.
VH-UBY was
actually the 16th aircraft on the VH- civil register. (See VH-UAB for an
explanation of early
Australia registration series).