Sold in the US as N83DH in July 1975. Returned to the NZ register as ZK-ADI in February 1997. ZK-ADI was its original pre-WW2 registration, The aircraft impressed by the RNZAF. As was normally the case in NZ, it was allocated a new civil registration when demobbed in 1948. Bob Kerr photo

Painted in the markings it wore in 1935 as the first a/c in New Zealand licensed to carry passengers. After a long life there, it was brought to the U.S. circa 1974. In this slide it does not have a FAA registration number displayed on it. It was registered as N83DH in 1975. In 1984 it was exported to the U.K. as G-ADHA. Exported back to N.Z. in 1997 as ZK-ADI, its original reg. in 1935. Currently located at the Croyden Aviation Heritage Center.

Seen here in 1991 at RAF Finningley. The aircraft arrived in New Zealand in 1934 from the de Havilland factory and registered as ZK-ADI it was the first aircraft in NZ to be registered to carry passengers commercially. It serviced for the RNZAF from 1943 to 1948, afterward being owned by NAC (National Airways Corp). It has held several registrations numbers ZK-ADI, NZ566, ZK-ASP, N83DH, G-ADHA and back to ZK-ADI. From 1974 to 1984 the aircraft was based in the USA before heading to England. The aircraft was returned to NZ and restored to its original livery in 1997. Photographer unknown.

Still current but has been RNZAF NZ566 and ZK-ASP between this photo and becoming ZK-ADI again in 1997. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Ex ZK-ADI, impressed in April 1943. Returned to the civil register as ZK-ASP in August 1948. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

ZK-ADI has been in New Zealand since 1935. It served in the RNZAF during World War II and became ZK-ASP in 1948. -ADI returned to its original identity in 1997.

At the Famous Grouse DH Moth Rally 1989 held in the grounds of Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of Bedford.