A twin-engine bomber that used features from the single-engine Bellanca Aircruiser. The USAAC was not interested but four were sold to Colombia including one on floats. Photo from: The personal collection of Paul Bert 1906-1981

Fibreglass Hawker Hurricane mounted on a plinth at MOTAT. It is modelled on the aircraft flown by Sir Keith Park who was leader of 11 Group, RAF during the Battle of Britain. 11 Group was tasked with defending London and south-east England. Park, a New Zealander, returned to his homeland after the war and died in 1975. The code OK-1 is Sir Keith Park's personal code, not a squadron code. Photo by: Suresh Syed, Wellington New Zealand

Actually ZK-BAD painted to represent pioneering cropduster ZK-ANN c/n 83497. Photo by: Suresh Syed, Wellington New Zealand

NZ944 as it is now displayed inside MOTAT's aviation hall. Photo by: Suresh Syed, Wellington New Zealand

The kangaroo on the fin pays homage to the 34 years the aircraft spent on the Australian register from new in 1968. It had been VH-PXX. Photo by: Kris Nastro (owner)

Pitts S-1-11B, Aviat kit and Raven wings, full span ailerons. Photo from: Ignacy Goldfeld (owner).

Pitts S-1-11B, Aviat kit and Raven wings, full span ailerons. Photo from: Ignacy Goldfeld (owner).

This nose section is from the uncompleted eighth Martin Mars airframe, which would have become BuNo 76825 of the United States Navy. It was acquired by Forest Industries Flying Tankers in the 1960s and stored at their Sproat Lake base near Port Alberni, BC. It lay there in the brush for some 40 or 45 years until it was recovered by its new owners Coulson Flying Tankers in 2007. They restored it into their red and white colours and placed it on display in their visitor centre at Sproat Lake. Photo by: Hans van der Vlist

CF-AWC crashed at Muncho Lake, British Columbia, on July 8, 2007. Photo from: Roger McDonald