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Harvard III VH-HVD has been acquired by
the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. The 1943
e x- R N Z A F W.W. I I t r a i ner w a s b ou g ht by
Hugh Waltho in 1989 and based at Essendon
ever since. As NZ1075, it was converted to a
Mk.IIIin1957andtookpartinthefinalRN-
ZAFHarvardflypastoverChristchurchon
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ISSN 1320–The Harvard VH-HVD in the
hands of long-time owner
Hugh Waltho.[Rob Fox]1978,itwasflowntoAustraliainAugust- The RAAF Museum will use the Har-
vard for training and display flying and, al-
though currently painted in RNZAF wartime
training markings, the intention is to finish it
as a Canadian Empire Air Training Scheme
aircrafttypicalofthemachinesusedtotrain
thousands of RAAF pilots in W.W.II.Rob Fox
MetalMothfliesagain
ADH.60MMoththatoncecalledAustral-
ia home is now flying in Norway. Its post-
restorationflighton18April2017was
the first time it had flown in 87 years.
Thesecondproductionmetalfuselage
Moth, the aircraft (serial 711) was delivered
todeHavillandLtdinMelbourneasVH-
UKC. It changed hands in April 1930, but
waswrittenoffinacrashatNyngan,New
SouthWales,on4May.Thefuselagewasre-
discovered in 1993 and sold to Kjeller Fly-
historiske Forening in Norway in 2005.
A small team of volunteers, led by Juul
Furulund, spent ten years restoring the
Moth. While much work was done on the
fuselage, its hav-
ingsatforso
long, new wings
and a new tail
were built from
scratch. The Gip-
sy1enginewas
foundinBel-
gium and over-
hauled by Vintec
in the UK.
As LN-KFM,
and wearing the
colours of ‘125’, aNorwegianArmyAirServiceaircraftoper-
atedby335SquadronatnearbyGar-
demoen, the Moth flew again in the hands
of Helge Storflor. Storflor is the chief pilot
andinstructorofKjellerFlyhistoriske
Forening.TheNorwegianArmyAircraft
Factory built ten ‘Standard Moths’, as they
wereknownlocally,fortheAirService’s
trainingschool.Kjeller,whereLN-KFMis
based, is where these ten Moths were built
andwheresomeofthemoperatedfrom.
The first flights at Kjeller occurred on 21-
22September1912,makingitoneofthe
longest continually operational airfields in
the world.Nigel HitchmanThe Moth is seen here at the Kjeller
airfield open day on 21 May.[Nigel Hitchman]