Crashed August 6, 1937 at Morrison Lake, Manitoba. Western Canada Aviation Museum has parts of this aircraft. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

First flown from Les Mureaux on 30 April 1947, the Norazur seems to have been designed to meet a post-war French military requirement for a light transport capable of carrying ten troops. As F-WFAB, this prototype was flown at the 1949 Paris Air Show at Orly, but the twin-pusher design was given up soon thereafter. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

To research the SO.4000 jet bomber, Sud-Ouest built the M1 glider and the M2, powered by a Derwent engine. It first flew on 13 April 1949, just before the 1949 Salon. This is probably the real thing, but it is doubtful if it was flown with the flush cockpit canopy seen here. Its outrigger wheels are not fitted. Also see photo 449819. F-WEPE is a Breguet Br 900 Louisette glider Photo by: Dmitri Kessel / Life

'Resting in the water off Long Island Sound prior to its flight to Bermuda.' Photo by: Margaret Bourke-White / Life

This O-2 was built for James McKee in 1926 as the O-2BS (O-2B Special), civil registered as NC236, to make the first single-plane flight across Canada. Following his succesful flight, it was modified as a three-seater with a 410 hp P&W Wasp A engine and redesignated MO-2B. After McKee died in a crash the aircraft was taken on charge in Aug.1927 by the Canadian Air Force as G-CYZG (using civil-style G-CYxx registrations at the time) and was operated as a high-altitude photographic survey aircraft. In Jan.1930 it was struck off charge. Shirleys Bay seaplane base was opened as it was difficult to get seaplanes up the steep river bank to Rockcliffe base. It closed when this problem was overcome. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Based at Fort Erie for most of its pre-war service. Deleted from the register in 1950, possibly sold in the US. Photo from: Library and Archive Canada

Struck off charge February 1945. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

The aircraft code cannot be read, but the red chevron on the top wing indicates the first three-aircraft section of VS-6 and the colouring of the lower half of the cowling should indicate the leader's second wingman, 6-S-3. The blue tail surfaces indicate the USS Enterprise air wing. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life

Two B-47Bs of the 365th Bombardment Squadron - 51-2316 and 51-2334 - share the flightline with three B-47Es - 52-312, 52-317 and 52-327. The diagonal tailfin band may identify 364 BS or 366 BS, the other squadrons of 305 BW. 306 BW was also based at McDill. Note that the B-47Es have zero, one or two nose windows remaining. Photo by: Ralph Morse / Life

Photo appears to show 10192 waiting sale or post sale as it was sent for disposal in January 1947. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

One of the 10 DH82C-2 Menasco Moth Is built. They were followed by 125 DH82-C4 Menasco Moth IIs. The use of Menasco engines was in response to a shortage of Gipsy Majors. 4836 was disposed of in 1946. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Wearing the emblem of the 365th Bombardment Squadron, of the 305th Bombardment Wing. At first sight it seems as if the second and third aircraft are from the same batch with the fiscal year digit of the serial omitted, but they are in fact B-47E models, serials 52-312 and 52-317. Photo by: Ralph Morse / Life

The second of three MS.700 Pétrel aircraft at the 1949 Paris Salon. Apparently it is already to MS.701 standard here with Mathis G8-20, rather than Potez engines. The sign describes it as a 'colonial' light twin - not very woke! Photo 449819 shows the tail of this plane and ambulance markings. It made a tour of Africa in 1950. The small sign promises that the MS.700 prototype was to appear in the flying show at Orly on 14 May. The third airframe, flown in 1951, was the MS.703 with six, rather than four seats. Photo by: Dmitri Kessel / Life

Night bomber, short range. An improved variant of the Martin NBS-1 / MB-2, the NBS-4 was not built in series but led to the Curtiss B-2 Condor. Photo from: US Air Force

Operated by Western Canada Airways from its base at Hudson, then an important transport hub during the Red Lake gold rush of the 1920s. G-CAIG crashed at Winnipeg on June 16, 1928, when being operated as a seaplane. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Operated mainly in the meteorological role. Disposed of in October 1946 but had been withdrawn well before that. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Glenn Odekirk, on the left, revived the pre-war 'air yacht' concept with this luxuriously converted 'Landseaire' Catalina, ex BuNo 34045. Loomis Dean did a photo shoot for an advertorial in Life. The model in polka dot bikini sunbathes on top of one of the R-1830 Twin Wasps in some of the pictures. A dinghy was carried under the wing. Other amenities included a kitchen, a bar and a shower but everything must have been pretty cramped. N69043 was sold to a wealthy Brazilian and crashed at Picinguaba, Sao Paulo on 5 July 1953. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life

About 44 Swedish J28 Vampires were sold to the Dominican Republic. 2740 is ex 28406. Photo by: Hank Walker / Life

Torpedo bombers from USS Enterprise flying off Diamond Head. A sharper black and white image shows that 6-T-16 is BuNo 0318. This is the leader of the sixth section of VT-6, as indicated by the yellow fuselage band and cowling. The three aircraft of the second (white) section - 6-T-4, 5 and 6 - are also seen and the first (blue) section is in the lead. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life

Wearing the bomb-riding rabbit badge of the 97th Bomb Squadron, based at Thelepte, Tunisia during April 1943. The second aircraft is 41-3134. Photo by: Margaret Bourke-White / Life