VH-CLB was reregistered VH-FDW in 1965. It is seen here on the airstrip that used to adjoin the "Rock", closed after the opening of a larger airport away from what had become a culturally sensitive site.

Flown from Germany to Australia as a floatplane by Hans Bertram and Adolph Klausman. Went missing after leaving Koepang May 14, 1932. Found in remote part of Western Australia on June 15 but crew had sailed off in one of the floats. They were found near death by Aborigines on June 22. D-1925 flown to Perth in September 1932 using a DH50 float. Converted to landplane. Bertram flew it across Australia and is the pilot in this John Harrison photo. With him is famed Scottish-Australian aviator Scotty Allan. Bertram later flew Atlantis back to Germany where it became D-OVYL.

CF-MPA and its three sister ships lined up for the handover to the Mounties in this photo supplied by the RCMP. In alphabetical order the others are c/ns 7531, 7522 and 7538. -MPA passed to Canadian air force as 7628.

This is the genuine PH-AJU Uiver. After winning the handicap section of the Mildenhall to Melbourne air race, the aircraft made several goodwill flights before departing back to Batavia (Jakarta). In 1934, Cootamundra was a hub for air mail services from Europe, which is why it was one of the towns to receive a visit. PH-AJU crashed in poor weather near Rutbah Wells, Iraq, on December 20, 1934.

Mal Mitchell's photo of VH-BOM taking off from a farm airstrip is a rare photo of an aircraft on the register for only 88 days. It crashed near Armidale, NSW, on September 10, 1957. Within weeks it had been replaced by a second FU-24 VH-BOM (c/n 59). The earlier aircraft can be distinguished from its successor by its checkerboard rudder and wingtips.

This short-lived Australian National Airways was formed by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in 1930 and ceased operations in Jun 1931. It is not related to the later larger ANA that merged with Ansett in 1957. Smith and Ulm's airline failed after VH-UMF vanished between Sydney and Melbourne on March 21, 1933. It remained missing until October 1958 when the wreckage was found in the Snowy Mountains. The name "Southern Cloud" is missing in this photo but the distinctive rego font is identical to confirmed photos of it. The original photo may have been retouched to remove the name in the wake of the disappearance.

Reregistered VH-RMP in 1962.

Damaged at Edinburgh on January 28, 1955. Sold for scrap.

Qantas had four Otters, one of which was operated on floats. They replaced a fleet of DHC-2 Beavers.

In formation with Jindivik drone N11-648. This A-4 was sold in New Zealand as NZ6212 in 1984. Photo from RAN.

Sold in the US as N8853F in 1956.

Cessna photo of the second Cessna L-27A, redesignated U-3A in 1958. 57-5847 was withdrawn from use by 1972.

Tight formation of three Gannets over Greenwell Point near HMAS Albatross (Nowra). XA326 ended its service life on the Albatross fire dump.

Destroyed in a hangar fire at Essendon on February 28, 1939.

Sold in the US N9313R in 1959

Sold for scrap in 1947. John Harrison photo taken in the Cootamundra district

Ex VH-AAD, G-AEDT is see here on its way back to the UK with pilots Charles Masefield and Lord Trefgarne. Subsequently sold in the US as N2304 before returning to the UK in 1986. Now in New Zealand as ZK-AYR.

Sold in Taiwan as B-251

VH-UGG crashed at Archerfield on March 28, 1937

Scrapped. RAAF photo taken over the Tasman Sea east of Sydney.