Junkers F13 – Aviation Historical Society of Australia

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Aviation Heritage Vol. 54 No. 3 (September 2023) Contents Listing

The latest quarterly AHSA journal – Aviation Heritage – has recently been posted to members. The contents of all articles are listed below: Aviation...

1935 The last aircraft to complete the MacRobertson International Air Races was the Fairey Fox G-ACXO, race number 35, flown by Australians Ray Parer and Godfrey "Geoff" Hemsworth, which arrived in Melbourne on 13 February 1935. The team were not classified with a placing in either category of the race. As reported in “Aircraft” of March 1, 1935 “they selected the Fairey Fox as the best machine available for the dual purposes of (a) a sporting chance in the handicap section of the race, and (b) useful work in their air transport services in New Guinea after the race was over. Despite coming last and much to Parer and Hemsworth’s surprise and no doubt as a gesture to their pluck, perseverance and determination. Sir MacPherson Robertson asked to see them and presented each with a gold medal to commemorate the flight. Source: Aviation Heritage Vol 24 Nos 1 & 2, 1984

1943 Avro Ansons A4-31 and A4-6 both operated by 6SFTS RAAF collided in flight after take-off from Mallala, SA on 13 February 1942. LAC Keith Allan Mustow (student pilot) and LAC Keith Grant Hayter (student pilot) aboard A4-31 were both killed. LAC Stanley Livingstone McFarlane (student pilot) and LAC Charles Tilley Collett Shopee (student pilot) both aboard A4-6 were both killed in this accident. Source: aviation-safety.net website

2008 Piper PA-18-150 VH-OUS operated by West Australian Department of Environment and Conservation crashed at Kennedy Range National Park, 170km east of Carnarvon on 13 February 2008. There were 2 fatalities and the aircraft was written off. Source: aviation-safety.net website