VH-UQM  de Havilland D.H. 83 Fox Moth                           (c/n 4010)

                            
                             
                                  Above is a nice shot from the Neil Follett collection (via Geoff Goodall) of -UQM flying off Cape
                                  Barren Island, Tasmania in 1933.     Note original Tasmanian Aerial Services flag on the rudder.
                                  Photo #2 from the Kevin OReilly collection is a nice shot of  Miss Currie” at Belmont Common.
                                  The poor image #3 was, for a long time, the only shot I had of -UQM and was gleaned from
                                  ANA in 1948!  I've always thought the registration on this photo looks "doctored".     It was
                                  possibly taken at de Havilland Aircraft Pty. Ltd. at Mascot when the Fox Moth was new in
                                 1932.   -UQM had been registered to Holyman Brothers in September 1932 and then, a month
                                  later, the registered owner was changed to Tasmanian Aerial Services, the name under which
                                  Holyman's first operated.    A year later (October 1932) the ownershipwas again changed to
                                  Holyman's Airways Pty Ltd.  Head office was in my old home town of Launceston, Tasmania.
                                  In November 1936 the Fox Moth was transferred to Australian National Airways . Photo #4
                                  courtesy of the State Library of South Australia shows the Fox Moth with the ANA pennant
                                  on the rudder, and named 'Dromana' (just love those hats!).   In the final image at the foot of
                                  the page (from the Mac Job collection) the machine appears to have no pennant on the rudder
                                  at all, but carrier the titling 'de Havilland Fox Moth' on the cowling.  Possibly when it was used
                                  by DHA as a demo before going to Holymans.  VH-UQM was destroyed in a hangar fire at
                                  Broken Hill, NSW in September 1939.