No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7005 on the ice tarmac at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

Exercise Wise Owl 74 at New Plymouth Airport. Air to air view of Red Checkers Airtrainer NZ1985 flying past Mt. Taranaki.

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Public open day and flying display. Aircraft parked on the airfield with Mt. Taranaki behind. L-R: Warbird Mustang NZ2415, RNZAF Historic Flight Harvard NZ1015, No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6373, No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6367, Airtrainers.

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Public open day and flying display. Aircraft parked on the airfield with Mt. Taranaki behind. L-R: Warbird Mustang NZ2415, RNZAF Historic Flight Harvard NZ1015, No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6373, No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6367.

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Public open day and flying display. Aircraft parked on the airfield with Mt. Taranaki behind. L-R: Warbird Mustang NZ2415, RNZAF Historic Flight Harvard NZ1015, No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6373, No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster NZ6367, Airtrainer NZ1941 (far right).

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Airtrainers parked on the airfield with Mt. Taranaki in the background. L-R: NZ1943, NZ1948, NZ1944.

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Airtrainers parked on the airfield with Mt. Taranaki in the background. L-R: NZ1935, NZ1938, NZ1937, NZ1932.

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Aerial oblique view of the summit of Mt. Taranaki from an Airtrainer.

Exercise Wise Owl 39 at New Plymouth airport. Aerial oblique view of the summit of Mt. Taranaki from an Airtrainer.

Negative from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Ground to air view of a New Zealand Flying School Curtiss flying boat with Rangitoto behind. Kohimarama, Auckland.

Negative from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Ground to air view of a New Zealand Flying School Curtiss flying boat with Rangitoto behind. Kohimarama, Auckland.

Negative from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Ground to air view of a New Zealand Flying School Curtiss flying boat with Rangitoto behind. Kohimarama, Auckland.

Image from the Ron Henry personal collection. Aerial oblique view of the Mt. Ruapehu crater lake. Hand written on the reverse "The crater lake of Mt. Ruapehu New Zealand (North Island). An active volcano of 9240 feet - which has frequent minor eruptions. The lake is constantly steaming and mountaineers often swim around the edges which [are] cooler."