Built at Limhamn, Sweden, Oct.1925 and operated initially by Flygindustri as S-503. To DLH as D-903 Jan.1926. Shortly after taking off from Croydon en route to Berlin via Amsterdam on 6 Nov.1929, it encountered thick fog and turned back to Croydon, the Captain descending to maintain visual contact with the ground. It flew into tree tops on a hill in Marden Park, near Godstone, Surrey, crashed and caught fire. Of the occupants, six were killed and three injured, one of whom died of his injuries later that day. Only the co-pilot and one passenger survived.

The Douglas C-1 was the first aircraft in the US Army's C category for transports. Photo from: Arizona Historical Society

Picture taken by a KLM photographer. Photo from: KLM

Struck off charge after accident in October 1930. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Crashed while landing The Pas, Manitoba, on January 5, 1928. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

The Chilean navy received four Fairey IIIFs from 1927. They were based at Quintero and could be embarked on the battleship Almirante Latorre. Picture assumed taken in Hamble. Photo from: Flight

One of 39 built and featuring a Napier Lion Va engine (as opposed to the Napier Lion V for the Mk.I). It flew for the first time in March 1925 and that August the first Southamptons were delivered to the RAF. They gained a good reputation as they were able to operate in any weather condition. Illustrating this (albeit with the help of a few modifications), a group of 4 Southamptons made the 27.000 mile journey from Felixstowe to Singapore. Besides the RAF, Argentina (8), Turkey (6), Australia (2 ex-RAF) and Japan (1) bought the aircraft. Photo from Supermarine Aviation Works

Six Loening OL amphibians of VO-10M deployed with a US Marines force which was sent to Shanghai and Tientsin (Tianjin) in 1927. Also called Camp MacMurray, Hsin Ho airfield was between Tianjin and Tanggu; we believe the modern spelling of the area is Xinhe. Photograph from the travels of Jean de Voyod. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

Pitcairn Aviation was a predecessor of Eastern Air Lines. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Destroyed by fire during overhaul at Archerfield on June 28, 1939. By then it had become VH-UFR. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

The HD 24 biplane was flown as a training floatplane by the DVS (German Airline Pilot School, actually a covert military school). D-1313 was built for Gunther Plüschow, an adventurer who become famous as 'the pilot of Tsingtao' (Qingdao) during WWI, hence the aircraft's name. The plane was shipped to Punta Arenas, Chile for his South American explorations. He crashed it and was killed near the Argentino Lake in January 1931. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

Became VH-UGJ in 1929. The Australian Aero Club (NSW) became the Aero Club of NSW and then the Royal Aero Club of NSW. VH-UGJ remained with the club until it was written off in a landing accident on October 8, 1940 by which time it had been fitted with a Gipsy engine in place of the Cirrus. Photo from: National Library of Australia

In 1928 G-AUEZ was stretched and re-engined to become a Lasco Lascowl powered by an Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar radial. It did nothing to improve the appearance of the Rolls-Royce Eagle powered ANEC III. Only three were built and all were shipped to Australia. Two were converted to Lascowls. -AUEZ became VH-UEZ. Its CoA was not renewed in 1932.

The Aldershot was a large long range heavy bomber which served 99 Squadron RAF from 1924 until 1926. There were two prototypes and 15 production examples. J6852 was the first to fly in early 1922. It was later modified as the Type 549C with an 850 h.p. Beardmore Typhoon as seen here. From Avros 60 years ago.

This was the prototype Model 69 F2B carrier based fighter and first flew on 3 November 1926. It was tested by the U.S. Navy and 32 production F2B-1's served aboard USS Saratoga with VF-1B and VB-2B Squadrons. Obtained from Boeing 60 years ago.

The first of two single-seat research and racing monoplanes built at Stag Lane in 1927. This example achieved a world's closed circuit class record of 186.4 mph and a world's altitude record of 19,191 ft on 29 September 1927. To Australia as VH-UNH. Crashed at Mascot 17 September 1930. From DH 60 years ago.