Aircraft Between The Wars
  • Rare de Havilland DH.84 Dragon

    The de Havilland Dragon first went into production in 1930, and it was a modified version of a design which was initially intended to produce a light bomber for the Iraqi Air Force. Just over 200 ....

  • Two Beech Staggerwing Restorations At Wanaka

    Over the past few years Tracey and Cam Hawley have been restoring an historic Beech Model D17A 'Staggerwing' aircraft operated by Admiral Byrd in the Antarctic during his third expedition to the ....

  • de havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth in New Zealand

    The private flying movement in British Commonwealth countries was largely built on the reliability, price and ease of operation of the de Havilland DH.60 Moth which first flew in 1925. Relatively few ....

  • de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth

    Designed in late 1931 as a trans-channel passenger aircraft, the DH-83 Fox Moth could carry three or four passengers in the enclosed cabin, in addition to the pilot who sat in a separate cockpit. .

  • More Between The Wars Articles Coming Soon

    The HAFU website has recently undergone a major upgrade and transformation, so we're still working through a backlog of articles which need to be updated for the new platform. There will be more here ....