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Lovely banking shot of a
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
operated by the Royal
New Zealand Air Force
(RNZAF) during 1945.
The Ventura was an ideal
aircraft for the RNZAF
since it was well-armed,
could carry a relatively
heavy bomb load, and
had excellent range.
Attacking Japanese
shipping and land bases
in conjunction with
RNZAF Corsairs, the
Venturas were able
to inflict considerable
damage on the enemy.
NZ4616 and most of
its fellow aircraft were
scrapped soon after the
end of the war.This 1929 photograph gives a good example of bush flying in Canada. Taken at Sept-Iles in Quebec, the flying boat is Canadian Vickers HS-3L
G-CANZ that was originally constructed for the US Navy as a Curtisss HS-2L but then apparently sold surplus and upgraded by Canadian
Vickers as an HS-3L. These wood and fabric flying boats led hard lives and G-CANZ was cancelled from the register in 1930. On the left is a
Fairchild FC-2 of floats. Registered CF-AET, both aircraft were operated by Canadian Airways.Although not a commercial success, the Grumman Mallard was certainly one of the most attractive of Grumman’s long line of
amphibious aircraft. Some of these machines received turbine conversions, such as G-73T VH-JAW, which was operated by Air
Whitsunday with the name Frigate Bird. Originally built in 1947 as N2966, the amphibian was photographed at Orpheus Island in
Queensland, Australia, during November 1983.