The many Fuselages of ‘Uiver’
The fuselage of ex A30-9 at the Moorabbin Air Museum
painted as “Uiver” to celebrate the 75th anniversary of
the original’s flight of 1934. [Roland Jahne]NC39165, photographed at Albury Aerodrome
during its re-enactment flight in 1984. [John Docker]EX A30-11 on display at Albury NSW Aerodrome, mounted
above a brick wall containing eight large bronze plaques
giving a detailed history of the 1934 race. [Neil Follett]ABOVE: Close up of the nose of ex A30-14 showing
‘Uiver’ DC-2 painted markings. [Coert Munk]continued page 62verton on 5 February 1984. After the flight
the aircraft was returned to its owner, but
in 1999 it was purchased by the Aviodome
of Schipol (now Nationaal Luchtvaart-
Themapark Aviodrome at Lelystad Aero-
drome) in Holland where it was displayed
in Uiver colours.
As a result of the Aviodrome Museum ex-
periencing financial problems, the DC-2 is
now owned by a foundation of KLM, Schipol
Group and the Lelystad Municipality. The
aircraft is still airworthy, but the new owners
have no current plans to put it back in the air.
Originally operated by Eastern Airlines in
the USA before being purchased by the
RAAF in 1941, Douglas DC-2 c/n 1288, ex
A30-14 (VHCRH), NC13738, was sold to SidFLIGHTPATH | 61