Image from the Alexander MacDonald MacKenzie personal collection.
Dh89 Rapide on the tarmac in front of a hangar. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
Image from the Richard Percy Warham personal collection.
Two Dh89 Dragon Rapides on the tarmac. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
In the distant background is a Kittyhawk from No. 4 Operational Training Unit.
Image from the RW Russell personal collection.
"D.H.86". 3/4 front view of Union Airways DH86 ZK-AEH "Korimako" parked at the civil aviation area, RNZAF Station Wigram.
This aircraft was impressed into the RNZAF (circa September 1939) as NZ554.
Note: Original photograph is printed in reverse and is corrected here.
Image from the RW Russell personal collection.
" "The Wood" Nelson".
Air to air view of DH89 Dragon Rapide ZK-AED in flight over the northern suburb of Nelson, The Wood.
Wings for the DH89 Rapides are removed from their packing crate. Note workers are covered to avoid being stung, due to a swarm of bees that had settled in the crate. Lautoka, Fiji.
See Contact magazine, November 1945, page 31.