EA129 Avro 534 Baby VH-UCQ ex G-EACQ (04/14/2011)

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EA129 Avro 534 Baby VH-UCQ ex G-EACQ

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Sold Date: 04/14/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay UK
Category: Transportation and Vehicles

Vintage Photo Aircraft (postcard size but no postcard masthead)
Avro 534 Baby VH-UCQ ex G-EACQ
The Avro 534 Baby (originally named the "Popular") was a British single-seat light sporting biplane built shortly after the First World War. The Babies were raced in the early 1920s by a variety of pilots but are best remembered for the flights of G-EACQ in the hands of Bert Hinkler. On 31 May 1920 he made a non-stop flight from Croydon to Turin in 9 hours 30 minutes - a flight of 655 mi (1,050 km) and celebrated at the time as "the most meritorious flight on record". On 24 July, he won second place in the Aerial Derby at Hendon, and on 11 April 1921 (registered as VH-UCQ) set a new distance record in Australia when he flew the Baby non-stop from Sydney to his home town of Bundaberg 800 mi (1,280 km) away, making the flight in 8 hours 40 minutes.
These photographs are approx 140 x 90 mm. They are from a collection of a New Zealand based enthusiast who amassed thousands of photographs mainly from 1950s/1960s and 1970s. I do not have his name but he was the photographer for the majority of the collection. There is only one copy of each available, I do not have the negatives not will I sell scans.
No publisher acknowledged
Description hand written on back plus a series of numbers referencing them to his collection.
Excellent condition
I am happy to combine items, up to 15 items for one postage cost. If you are waiting for other auctions to close let me know and I will invoice you when you are finished.
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