VH-BLN was fitted with a large door behind the rear window to allow a stretcher to be loaded. Disposed of in 1952 and ended up a wreck at Archerfield aerodrome after the grounding of Geminis over concerns about glues used in their construction. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

French-built version of the Junkers Ju-52/3m. Operated by STA August 1946 until late 1948 when transferred to the French A.F. Operating a Paris to Prestwick charter and called at Ringway for customs and fuel. It retains the already obsolete 'F' for France on its rudder. Later to Yugoslavia as 7208 and preserved in the Yugoslav Aviation Museum in Belgrade.

Sea Otter of the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment on a communications flight from its base at Felixstowe (Suffolk) via Ringway to Bitteswell (Warwickshire).