Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Suffered damage in an accident on Anishanabi Lake, Ontario on March 16, 1944 and written off. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Aircraft brought to Nelson by steamer by American pilot Walter Edwards (real name Walter Edward Kittel) to fly at the annual Nelson Fruit Fair. He found the fairground a dangerous site with buildings and power lines surrounding it. Nevertheless he flew the Curtiss and thrilled the townspeople who had not seen an aircraft before. Edwards resumed using the name Kittel in his post-aviation business career. He died of heart disease, aged 42, in his home town of Seattle in 1922. The Fairgrounds are no longer existing. After the main fair building burned down in 1935, the site was redeveloped quickly as a theater. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

The first S-42 returning from its maiden trip to Buenos Aires. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library

Gone fishin'. The Freedom Tower is on the far right. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library

Built for inventor Alexander Graham Bell to test his tetrahedral structure. Much simpler triplane configuration compared with the AEA Cygnet unsuccessfully tested in 1909. Attempted test flights with the Oionus on the day of the photo saw three wheels lift off but not all four. Melting ice ended any further attempts to fly it. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Flown by J.V. Cavanaugh. The rudder of this Model D is different to the normal rectangular rudder fitted to this type of aircraft. It retains the canard elevators that had been largely dispensed with by 1912. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

CF-DJS remains registered at the time of uploading. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Roy Liggett posing with the Cessna CR-2 racer. The CR-2 was modified from the CR-1 which was too difficult to fly. Here at the 1933 Miami air races, Liggett won the Colonel Green Cup in the 500 cubic inch race according to Wikipedia. The Warner Scarab engine fitted was 499 cubic inch. The aircraft crashed later that year. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library

Design commissioned by Boston resident Gardiner Greene Hubbard II and built at Baddeck by Canadian Aerodrome Company. The Hubbard attended the 1910 Montreal Aviation Meet but its owner was unable to coax it into the air because it was underpowered. It was then shipped to Boston where it attended the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet. Again it did not fly. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Struck off charge in 1944. 610 was a US-made aircraft, not Canadian Vickers. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

The Baddeck No.2 was built at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, where under the encouragement of inventor and local resident Alexander Graham Bell aviation experimentation flourished. It participated in the Montreal Aviation Meet held in a paddock at Lakeside, now known as Pointe-Claire. The photo shows an apparent forced landing at that meet. The Baddeck No.2 made at least 60 flights before being grounded in November 1910. Canadian Aerodrome was the successor to the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA). Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Yes, this is a real aircraft and yes it did fly - eventually. But it required more power than in 1909 and even then it was only in ground effect as the Cygnet III. Soon after the March 1, 1912 hop the tetrahedral cell wing collapsed, ending the project. Baddeck was the centre of Canadian aviation development with famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell a local resident and keen proponent of aviation. The frozen lake provided a large, flat, low friction surface for test flights. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

This photo is said to show a hijacked DC-3 at Key West in October 1960, but obviously this is a C-46. Many hijackings occurred and although Cubana absorbed Aerovias Q during 1959, a 1960 date might be possible. Ex 42-107292, this airframe was not acquired by Aerovias Q until February 1959. Despite the word 'Bienvenidos' on the terminal, this does seem to be Key West. Photo from: Monroe County Public Library

Alex Papana at the Miami All American Air Races. Dina was his wife who died while in childbirth in 1938. On the right is NX25999, which seems to be a Piper Cub. All American Field or Master Airport was adjacent to Miami Municipal Airport, which previously hosted the city's annual air meet. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library

Destroyed by fire on engine start at Hamilton. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Preserved at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Location given as Garrison Bight, Key West. Note Edgar's Seaplanes sign with destinations Fort Jefferson and Dry Tortugas - still seaplane outings from Key West today. Aircraft registered to Edgar Pendleton, 12-14 Hilton Drive. Is this today's Hilton Haven Road? Photo by: Paul Begley / Monroe County Public Library

Not to be confused with Aerovias Quisqueyana, Aerovias Q was a Cuban airline with the Q presumably standing for founder Manuel Quevedo Jaureguízar's family name. It ran a Havana - Key West scheduled service from July 1947. Ex 42-93736, CU-T-1000 served with another Cuban airline, Expreso Aereo Inter-Americano, before joining Aerovias Q. To Haitian air force as 3681 in 1954. Operated by CoHata. Reported stored at Port-au-Prince. Photo from: Monroe County Public Library

Disposed of in 1958 with its engine. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand