Leading 9H-AAE, 9H-AAF and Jet Ranger 9H-AAJ on the inauguration of the lengthened runway 14/32. Together with Bell 47G-2 9H-AAH these helicopters at the time formed the Helicopter Flight of the Armed Forces of Malta.

Leased by Air Malta April 1977 to May 1978.

Spun in and was destroyed in a accident near Feilding on October 28, 1965. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Named for the Norse seafarer Leif Erikson, this Loening flew from America to Norway via Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and the Faroes. Photo must have been taken on 17 July 1935, the day Thor Solberg and Paul Oscanyan set out from New York. Solberg returned as he felt the plane was wrongly loaded and they took off again without any publicity the next day. They finally arrived in Bergen on 16 August. Solberg seems to have believed they were the first to fly from America to Norway, but Jimmie Mattern had flown, unintentionally but non-stop, from New York to Norway in 1933 in his second Lockheed Vega NR869E. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

The Short Bomber had a production run of 83 aircraft for both the RFC and the RNAS. The tiny aircraft parked in front of 9340 is the Port Victoria P.V.8 N540, developed from the P.V.7. Both were intended as ship-launched fighters specifically to bring down Zeppelins. As the Zeppelin danger ended, so did the need for the P.V.8. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Sold to Airwork (NZ) in 1955 for use as spares. Nose now owned by the RNZAF museum. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Crashed on landing at Ohakea on November 3, 1954 and destroyed. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

NZ4019 was broken up in 1952. Laucala Bay remained an RNZAF flying boat base until 1967. The land part of the base has been largely absorbed into the University of the South Pacific. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Ex N293. Purchased from Overseas National Airways Sept.1964 and operated by Südflug until Nov.1967.

Built in 1966 and here arriving from its Sechelt base. Since this 2009 shot all red areas except for pin striping have been repainted grey plus three-blade propeller and wing-tip landing lights have been installed.

Sold as scrap in July 1947. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand