VH-UGO  de Havilland D.H.60GX Moth                            (c/n  424)

                        

                                This shot comes courtesy of Geoff Goodall.  VH-UGO was originally a WA Airways Ltd
                                machine and was imported into Perth in 1927.  In 1930 it was acquired by the Civil Aviation
                                Branch (CAB - later to become DCA) and loaned to the Australian Aero Club (WA Section)
                                based at Maylands.   This shot was taken at Wagin, WA in 1934, shortly before the air-
                                craft crashed. 
                                Also from the Geoff Goodall collection is the historic shot below, taken at Maylands, Perth in
                                1931 showing VH-UGO in the foreground with a plethora of other Moths and assorted 1930s
                                light aircraft behind. 
                                Finally at the foot of the page are two newspaper images: 
                                Upper,  from the West Australian of 17 August 1928 showing the Moth as G-AUGO and being
                                flown by  'Squadron Leader Kingsford Smith on a solo flight to Carnavon'  re-enacting Smith's
                                earlier association with WA Airways.     F/Lt Ulm was to have accompanied him on the flight
                                but was unable to do so. 
                                Lower, from the same newspaper for 30 November 1933 showing the remains following a
                                crash at Picton Junction, WA on the prior day.   The article indicated that the aircraft was
                                been flown by WA Aero Club member R. Catlett and was ostensibly going for a short flight
                                over the Darling Ranges.  In the event it flew down to Bunbury (where his passenger, Colin
                                Teede, a resident of Bunbury, lived) and, over Picton Junction on the way back to Perth
                                stalled on turning and spun in.    Much was made in the report that the flight to Bunbury had
                                not been authorized by the club, plus the fact that a strong north east wind was blowing and
                                fuel capacity and flight duration could also have been a problem.  VH-UGO was written off.