Keywords: RNZAFTransantarcticDHCBeaver.jpg en deHavilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force shown in colours of an example operating out of the Ross Dependency accompanying Sir Edmund Hillary during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in the mid 1950s It is displayed with a range of Antarctic equipment an an RNZAF Auster aircraft also used on the expedition Photographed by the author in the RNZAF Museum at Wigram in 2008 own Winstonwolfe 2008 Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition Aviation in Antarctica De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Ski-equipped aircraft |