Lockheed Vega 5B NC106N c/n 118 of the Standard Oil Co before rebuild as NR869E "Century of Progress" No.2 for Mattern's solo round the world flight which ended In Siberia on 14.6.33. The same 'Red Eagle' paint scheme was retained but with a blue background. The Wasp engine, now supercharged, and the repaired wings and other parts salvaged from No.1 were fitted with a new variable pitch propeller replacing the fixed pitch type.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Vega - СШАUSA - 1927

Identity required for the Guinea Airways Lockheed 14 seen parked at Alice Springs on 6.11.42 with the port engine clearly removed for servicing! What the chap on the right is doing may prove more difficult to determine.
The caption proves that the Editor doesn't know his port from his starboard! The Lockheed 14 was VH-AEW of Guinea Airways, c/n 1497 ex EI-ABV and VH-ADW, The accident occurred at 1650 on 6.11.42 at Alice Springs and the aircraft was repaired and flown to the Guinea Airways base at Parafield for overhaul. It was withdrawn from use and cancelled 6.8.51, finally being scrapped in 1952.
Jack Headen has attempted to reconstruct the accident from the photo evidence and suggests that the feathered port propeller indicates a single-engined landing. The flaps are still locked up so a high-speed wheeler landing would be likely in order to maintain directional control for as long as possible. When a swing started the u/c would be let up, the starboard wheel is not locked up and wheel marks can be seen in the foreground. The aircraft then ground-looped and slid backwards on its belly, right wing down, bending the wingtip. The rotating prop of the (starboard) engine under power cut a deep groove in the ground and ripped the engine out of its mounting to roll off by itself. The man on the right is either a) rolling a cigarette, b) examining his fingernails or c) taking a compass bearing (answers on the back of a fiver please to Jim Halley at the Aeromilitaria address!).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Lockheed Super Electra 14 - СШАUSA - 1937

Short Kent flying boat G-ABFC "Satyrus" which force-landed out of fuel on 4.3.33 on a flight to Athens here seen moored in Alexandria harbour. Normally on this route a stop was made in the Bay of Mirabella, Crete for refuelling, during which passengers were taken to the Imperial Airways yacht "Imperia" for refreshments before the 220 mile flight to Athens. On this occasion the passengers missed their refreshments and were delayed at sea awaiting rescue!

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Short Kent / S.17 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931