NC17185 was used to assist in the recovery of people from a USAAF C-47 that crashed in Cathedral Valley. Three of the six onboard the C-47 survived the accident. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

After departing the airshow on 2 June 1974 this SR-9E developed a severe engine oil leak which covered the windshield. An emergency landing was made near Chowchilla, CA. which is south of Merced. The a/c was damaged beyond repair, but all four aboard survived.

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Location is not 100% certain, so confirmation is appreciated. Photo : via G.Bouma

A German oblate priest who had served as a medic and as a fighter pilot during World War I, Paul Schulte founded MIVA to provide missionaries with modern means of transport, including aircraft. In August 1938 he evacuated a priest from Arctic Bay, Nunavut in a Reliant - possibly this aircraft, which carries the MIVA logo on the nose, 'The Flying Priest' titles on the rear fuselage, and Rev Schulte's name on the tailfin. In 1942 the aircraft was impressed by the USAAF as UC-81L 42-107424. It reverted to NC16199 in May 1943 with Chicago and Southern Air Lines. Cancelled in May 1948, fate unknown. Photo from: Library of Congress

Australian aviator P.H. Moody's Reliant, with his name in small print on the rudder. Moody sold his aircraft in January 1937, and it was eventually destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, on March 20, 1942. Photo from: State Library of Queensland