Woodley airfield, the home of No.8 EFTS whose Hawk Trainers and Tiger Moths make such a nostalgic picture.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Tiger Moth / D.H.82 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931Miles Hawk / M.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

G-AETM the Allied Airways DH.86B passed on to Western Airways in 1939 and then to Finland in 12.39 as OH-SLA, becoming OH-IPA 2.40. The accompanying photo from Eino Ritaranta's collection shows OH-IPA at Helsinki-Malmi in spring 1940 still wearing its Allied name "Silver Star". It was shortly impressed as DH-1 and was written-off at Malmi 5.40.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Express Air Liner / D.H.86 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Original C of A documents in SAAF records confirm that the C/n - serial tie-up of the AS.6J Envoys is indeed as recorded in Archive. The serials were added to the documents in South Africa. Thus Envoy '251' in the accompanying photo was actually c/n 50.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Envoy / AS.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

The Gipsy II engined Southern Martlet G-AAYZ at Brooklands on 8.7.32 for the King's Cup Race in which it was flown by its owner F/O Edwards.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Southern Martlet - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

Photo ZK-AAE: The proprietors of the NZ Herald presented a Moth to Auckland Aero Club to commemorate the first Tasman flight by Kingsford Smith and Ulm (ref: Times 30.10.28). Confirmed by both DH Moth and NZ Registers in this Archive together with the photo which clearly shows the full inscription.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928