VH-URH Genairco Seaplane
(c/n Tugan 1)
The photos above
and immediately below, from the Hood Aviation collection, via the
State Library of
New
South Wales appear to have been taken on the same occasion - namely
that of the shipping of the
Genairco to
Rabaul in April 1934 aboard the SS
Macdhui. The image at the foot of the page is from
the Wally Civitco
collection and shows the machine probably in New Guinea. It
had been built by Tugan
Aircraft at
Mascot (the last Genairco
biplane to be built) specifically for Rabaul Airways, Ltd of Rabaul,
New Guinea. A
year later, (April,
1935) when its Certificate of Registration came up for renewal it
was
allowed to lapse for
some
reason and the aircraft was stricken from the register. Its
final fate is, therefore,
unknown.