History:

Reginald Ouston, a New Zealander, came to Australia when quite young and in about 1930 commenced construction of a light aircraft of his own design with a Le Rhone engine, this being a two seater. However, it was not completed and he returned to New Zealand where he commenced construction of another aircraft in Auckland. A test flight was made from Muriwai Beach near Auckland. He later returned to Australia where he built an aircraft near Windsor, Vic using the engine and undercarriage of an earlier aircraft. It was flown at Deer Park and made a number of flights in the following months.

The aircraft was a low-wing monoplane of single-seat configuration using Spruce as the basic material for the structure and covered with plywood and fabric. The wings had two spars and were braced to the upper fuselage by V-struts. It was painted cream with green trim. Reports to the Coroner after the aircraft’s structural failure and fatal crash reveal construction of the wings was of low standard and totally unairworthy. The aircraft was hangered at Coode Island and at this time had a 30-kw (40-hp) Salmson AD9 engine.

On 29 August 1937 it was flown at Fishermens Bend. VIC but the port wing departed the aircraft and it crashed and the pilot at the time Patrick Joseph Perry was killed. The engine was then removed and the remains of the aircraft burnt.

Further information:

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