Ivan Wilson Photograph

"Air Age Debut: Introducing new features of speed, comfort and operating efficiency to air travelers is United Airlines' four-engined, five-mile-a-minute Mainliner 300 (Douglas DC-6), accommodating up to 52-56 passengers plus 6000 pounds of cargo. Airport scenes such as this emphasize the immensity of the new luxury airliners with their 117 ½ foot wing span and 100 ½ foot length." (United Air Lines Photograph)

"New Luxury Airliner: New giant of the airways, United Air Lines' five-mile-a-minute, four-engine Mainliner 300 has been making cross-country operational and training flights and visiting cities along United's coast-to-coast and Pacific Coast route prior to going into scheduled service about April 1. The Douglas-built luxury liner, commonly referred to as the DC-6, is capable of coast-to-coast flights in 8 ½ hours and will carry 52 to 56 passengers plus 5,400 pounds of cargo. United is taking delivery of 35 of these new postwar planes." (United Air Lines Photograph No. 241)

Delivered to BCPA on the 19 November 1948. Sold to Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) in May 1954 - named Aotearoa III. To the RNZAF as NZ3631 in March 1961. To Royal Laos Airlines in November 1968. Crashed in Java on 01 February 1971. (Unknown Photographer)

WD932 was the fourth production Canberra built and was flown to the US by Sqn Ldr A E Callard on 21 February 1951. English Electric's Chief Test Pilot, Roland Beamont then gave a spirited comparative display with the North American B-45 and the Martin XB-51 on the 26th of the same month. The Pentagon selected the Canberra, now designated B-57A. WD932 remained in the US and was allocated serial no. 51-17387 although this was never applied to the aircraft. It was lost on 21 December 1951 in high a "g" maneuver due to incorrect use of the fuel system. (Glenn L Martin Co. Photograph - No. P 40875)

English Electric Canberra B.Mk.1 first prototype. First flown on 13 May 1949. Delivered on 27 October1949. Written off due to fuel starvation on18 August 1953 when with the AIEU (Aircraft Instrument Examinations Unit), RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk. (English Electric Company Ltd Photograph)

The Iron Eagles display team comprising, #1 - N361ET flown by Bill Gordon in a 1995 GORDON WILLIAM F III AVIAT EAGLE II and #2 - N362ET flown by Bill Segalla in a 1982 LYNN WILLIAM J CHRISTEN EAGLE II. (Stew Whittred Photograph)

Stew Whittred Photograph

(Stew Whittred Photograph)

(Stew Whittred Photograph)

Delivered to the USAF in 1944 as 44-74446 and then to RCAF (s/n 9223) in November 1950. Back to the US with a number of owners, it has crashed three times, 1987, 1994 and 2014 - the last one being fatal to the two pilots at the Durango-La Plata County Airport (DRO) Durango, CO. The aircraft (or remains) were still listed as active in 2017. (Stew Whittred Photograph)

Refer to comments for CF-IMI and VH-VTB on this site for earlier history. One of two Avengers obtained by Steve Searle, Australia in 2005, following his untimely death, it was sold in the US as N337VT and was lost in an accident on 6 May 2018. (Stew Whittred Photograph)

At the time, the aircraft belonged to Country Air based in Rockhampton and was used for flights to Great Kepple Island near Rockhampton and other charter activities. This photo was most probably taken at an agricultural field day at Thangool in Central Queensland. (Ivan Wilson Photograph)

Delivered new to Airplanters, Bundaberg on 16 October 1964 but was destroyed a few months later on 22 February 1965 after colliding with a power line during spraying operations at Wallaville to the North of Bundaberg. (Ivan Wilson photograph)

Delivered to United Airlines as NX37503 in November 1946. To Mars Aviation on 23 June 1968 and then BMR Aviation in September that year. Registration cancelled on 14 June 1976 and then to an unknown owner in Oklahoma City, OK. Further registration changes noted in January 1977 to the same owner and then reported as scrapped. (United Airlines Photograph No. 308 - 1947)

Taken at Chicago Municipal Airport for a flight to Kansas City. Registered to United Airlines/National Air Transport on 3 June 1931. Replaced by the Boeing 247 it was sold to TACA, Honduras on 15 July 1935. Re-registered to TACA Nicaragua as AN-AAK24 January 1942. Sold to an unknown owner in Mexico in January 1946 as XA-FON. The aircraft was later operated by Servicios Aereos de Chiapas and was written off after a double engine failure resulted in a non-fatal crash on a flight from Veracruz-Las Bajadas Airport with four POB for Minatitlan/Coatzacoalco Airport, Mexico. (United Airlines Photo)

Delivered to UAL on 1 December 1936. Leased to Eastern Airlines on 1 January 1938 with Fin No. 072. It was destroyed in a hangar fire on the 12 January 1941 at Salt Lake Municipal Airport, Utah. (United Airlines Photograph)

To Northwest Airways in 1929. In 1935 to Alaska. Then it joined Monroe Airlines, Michigan. In June 1951 it was purchased by Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT with new c/r N8419 to be used by the United States Fire Services but for a short while it was used in a film "Red Skies of Montana". It was also leased back to Northwest Airlines for a commemorative flight in 1956. On 4 August 1959 the aircraft crashed at Grangeville, Idaho killing three people. The aircraft was substantially destroyed but rebuilt from the remains and other Tri-motor components. Registration cancelled 14 February 2018.

Built in 1929 for Northwest Airways Inc., the photo probably was taken at Wold-Chamberlin Field that later became Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. (Unknown Photographer)

The third 727 for Pan Am delivered new on the 19 January 1966 and then based in Germany (renamed Clipper Munchen). The aircraft crashed eleven months later on what had been an otherwise normal cargo flight in wintry conditions on15 November 1966 approaching Tegel Airport - but in the East German zone. The cause of the crash was not able to be determined as less than 50% of the aircraft wreckage was handed over by the East German authorities and did not include critical items such as flight recorders, instrumentation and many systems components. (Pan Am Photo)