03/04/2026
The Rotary Club of Albury North chose the Uiver hangar for their latest “away mission” on Tuesday, March 31, when 38 club members spent an informal evening checking out the progress of the restoration of the memorial Douglas DC-2 aircraft. And the progress was quite noticeable since the club had last visited the hangar two years previously.
Uiver Memorial Community Trust chairman Pieter Mol gave an update on the project, not only on the rebuilding of the aircraft, but also on the some of the hangar’s outreach activities, such as hosting visits by schools and community groups. He said fundraising continued to be a challenge. The trust had set up income streams through the lease of hangar space for parking aircraft and sales of the English translation of Uiver captain Koene Parmentier’s book, To Australia in Three Days but more was needed to keep the project rolling along.
The evening concluded with guest speaker, Uiver volunteer Andrew Hipwell, sharing extracts from his booklet Six Women Who Wanted to Race Across the World, that was launched at the Women in Aviation event at the hangar on International Women’s Day and will shortly be available from our online store.
