An HH-52A demonstrating its ability to land on water. Photo from: US Navy - National Naval Aviation Museum

'Flying Hurtigrute (Post Boat Route) Oslo - Kirkenes.' Viewer Olav suggests this is Bodø since the vehicle is registered in Nordland. Thanks! LN-IAE later to JA6012, HL4003, and VH-INK. Photo from: Arkivverket (Norway)

Registration lapsed in June 1931. Destroyed in a hangar fire two months later at Coode Island, Melbourne. There were 34 Sports built and five found their way to Australia. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

Severely damaged in a forced landing on Avoca Beach, New South Wales, on December 7, 1937. Placed in storage while repairs were assessed. In September 1939 - almost two years later - it was decided A1-10 could not be repaired. Became an instructional airframe at RAAF Richmond but soon after was scrapped. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

JAT received three CV-340s in 1954. Lufthansa CV-440 D-ACUM is also seen. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

The first prototype of the F9F Panther, still without tip tanks which soon became a standard fit. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

First flown in 1940, the Levante was a Hungarian trainer, used as a liaison aircraft on the Eastern Front. This one, Hungarian serial believed to be I.570, was flown from Linz to Dübendorf in Switzerland on 12 April 1945 by its deserting Hungarian crew. It was given back to Hungary in 1947, but sold in Switzerland. After a mishap in July 1949 the 105-hp Hirth engine, seen here, was replaced by a Siemens radial. Used by the Lucerne aero club the Levante crashed during aerobatic training on 10 August 1952. Photo from: San Diego Air &S Space Museum

The Fokker T.VIIIw saw service as a maritime reconaissance aircraft both with the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force during WWII. It was designed as a torpedo bomber and this is the prototype, first flown in February 1939 and fitted here with an air data probe up its nose. During the German invasion of Holland in May 1940, eight aircraft delivered to the Dutch navy escaped to England and they were briefly used by No 320 (Dutch) Sqn at RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales, including R-1 as AV958. Nearly 30 T.VIIIws still in production were completed for the Luftwaffe and saw service in the Mediterranean. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

The last Sikorsky VS-44, Excambian, now preserved in the New England Air Museum (Windsor Locks, CT), flew short tourist hops from Long Beach, California, to Santa Catalina Island during the 1960s. A quay in Long Beach Harbor was used. The former Municipal Auditorium is in the background on the left. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

VH-ULG was one of three DH.50s built by Qantas with Bristol Jupiter engines. Qantas also built four Puma powered DH.50A models. -ULG was sold in Papua New Guinea in 1935 and crashed at Chimbu on November 10, 1937. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

Seagulls from the USS Louisville in formation over Sydney during a goodwill visit. The ship's full complement was four aircraft. 0408 was lost at sea on June 4, 1943 when operating from the USS Savannah. Cruiser scout squadrons had detachments of aircraft on several ships at the same time. Photo from: State Library of Victoria

Reregistered VH-UHX by August 1930. Registration lapsed in 1936 but was renewed in October 1937. -UHX was withdrawn from use in December 1948 before returning to the register in September the next year. The registration was cancelled for the final time in 1951. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

One of the FK.43 air taxis used by KLM, Citroenvlinder crashed on a training flight in December 1937. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

First flown on 12 March 1927, the F.VIII was a largish airliner designed for KLM's busiest European routes. Baggage could be loaded through the nose. Fokker built this one for Malert in Hungary and Manfréd Weiss in Budapest built them another three. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

Delivered to Qantas in 1930 and used for outback air services and charter. Grounded in September 1932 over concerns at the integrity of Puss Moth wings but back in the air in March 1933 with more frequent inspections (in 1942 Australia mandated a third wing strut following a further wing failure). VH-UPQ sold to McDonald Air Service in September 1933. Crashed into the sea near Cairns, Queensland, on January 19, 1937, after the pilot fell asleep. One passenger, a child, drowned but the pilot and a second passenger rescued. Photo from: State Library of Queensland

Derived from the Potez 54 bomber, the Potez 62 was an airliner first flown in January 1935 and seating up to 16 passengers. It was called Potez 620 when powered by Gnome-Rhône 14 engines and Potez 621 with the Hispano-Suiza 12. Some 23 examples were built. Air France used them on domestic and European routes, but also on its sectors from Buenos Aires to Santiago de Chile and from Damascus to Saigon. The Potez 65 was a troop transport variant. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

A1-25 is towed ashore after ditching in Sydney Harbour, presumably due to engine failure. It was based at nearby RAAF Richmond. The water-logged aircraft was "converted to components" soon after. A1-25 had been part of the Imperial Gift, a collection of over 100 aircraft from the RAF to help form the RAAF. Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa also received Imperial Gifts. Photo from: Hood Collection/State Library of New South Wales

Canadian WWII veteran photographed against the backdrop of the Royal Society Mountains. Pegasus Field was closed in December 2016 due to excessive melting of the ice runway. Photo by Jack Green / United States Antarctic Program

Resupplying the US scientific research station on the South Pole during the short summer season. Airstrip elevation is 2,835 m (9,301 ft). Photo by Mike Lucibella / United States Antarctic Program

Developed from the Hs 128 high-altitude research aircraft, the Hs 130 was a reconnaissance plane which never saw operational service. This is the fourth Hs 130E-0. The E had a DB 605 engine and a large supercharger in the fuselage feeding air to two wing-mounted DB 603s. The 1995 Grob G-850 Strato 2C used a similar propulsion system for high-altitude flight. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum