D.H.90s are rare enough that I will include this dull day image taken with a Box Brownie circa 1952                              
                                     (late enough for the tail rego to be in vogue). Built in 1937, ZK-AFB was first registered to Air Travel
                                     (NZ) Ltd, Hokitika, New Zealand. In March 1952 it was registered to the Canterbury Aero Club,
                                     Christchurch. Colors were dark green and silver. Next, the Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club operated
                                     it on behalf of owner Aircraft Engineering of NZ Ltd.  On 25^th June 1960, Arthur Bradshaw purchased
                                     ZK-AFB which he said, “had been parked in a hanger in Palmerston North for several years.” Bradshaw
                                     was granted permission to ferry AFB to his home in Nelson where he “set to work on what proved to be
                                     quite a large job – the renewal of AFB’s Certificate of Airworthiness. It was 7 October 1960 before it was
                                     ready for me to test fly.”   Bradshaw continues “The Certificate of Airworthiness of the [Nelson Aero]
                                     Club’s Dragon [ZK-AXI] was due to expire at the end of October 1960, so I lent them the Dragonfly
                                     at a nominal hourly rate to tide them over. The Club flew it a little more than 100 hours while they had
                                     it on loan from me.” Bradshaw named AFB “Kiwi Rover.” This was a theme that he carried on from his
                                     Proctor, ZK-AVW “Kiwi Wanderer.”  ZK-AFB  was sold to Air Charter Ltd and disappeaed on a flight
                                     from Christchurch to Milford Sound in 1962.  No trace of it, its pilot, Captain Brian Chadwick or the four
                                     passengers has ever been found.   Arthur Bradshaw tells the story thus: “On 5^th May 1961, I sold the
                                     Dragonfly to Brian Chadwick who was operating charter flights from Christchurch. Unfortunately, on
                                     12 February 1962, Brian and his four passengers disappeared without trace when on a flight from
                                     Christchurch to Milford Sound. I have flown in the Mount Cook area quite a lot, and knowing the
                                     aircraft and the weather which prevailed that day, I think that he struck the eastern face of the Southern
                                     Alps, and that one day some metal remains will emerge from a glacier somewhere. Being of wooden
                                     construction, a fire would have been inevitable.”  Chadwick's final resting place remains a mystery to this
                                     day.  His disappeareance was a sad ending to the life of a colorful character in New Zealand's aviation
                                     history.