ZK-ATD
MIles M.14A Hawk Trainer III (c/n
897)

The
Hawk Trainer displayed in this very uncontrasty shot is unique in that
it has had a canopy
fitted. This, along
with the spatted undercarriage makes it difficult to believe that at
one stage
it was an all yellow RAF
Magister (N3851). The aircraft was civilianized at the end of
1949
as G-AKMK but was
exported almost immediately to New Zealand. This shot was
taken at
an air show at
Christchurch in 1950 when the aircraft was operated by the Canterbury
Aero
Club.