This aircraft was one of 50 transferred to the US Navy as HUP-3 Retriever BuNo 147599.

A development of the earlier Piasecki H-21 Workhorse, it served with the Army in Vietnam until 1964. Taken at a Dayton, Ohio air show in 1954.

Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Brand new on its way to Japan. The N12B registration looks innocent enough, but it is a dealer's ferry registration. The CAA/FAA allowed and issued one registration for a group of new planes on a ferry flight. In this case all four A-45s in this photo have the registration N12B, and a fifth aircraft with the same reg was also present.

This very rare photo is the only example that I was ever able to get of the little known dealer's ferry registrations. The CAA/FAA allowed and issued one registration for a group of new planes on a ferry flight. In this case there were five A-45s with the registration N12B, all on their way to Japan on delivery.

LAC's Dakota 4 has positioned from its Blackpool (Squires Gate) base to perform a charter flight from Ringway. Mancunians watch from the public enclosure as the aircraft is prepared for departure.