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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2010 17:12:08 GMT 12
I spent some time in the past week doing some research in the Auckland Library, looking through some 1938-1939 editions of the Auckland Star newspaper. Along the way I discovered a number of interesting asides so I thought I'd add a few here. Bear in mind these come from microfilm, and I have used a digital camera to photograph the display reader's screen, so they are not ideal. Here is a Boeing Clipper being built (published 11 Feb 1938) OUCH!! (published 10 Aug 1939) Dave Allen - I thought people might for the dark colour of the Tiger Moth/Moth of interest (Published 12 Jan 1939) This is a great photo of the poor Albatross (published 17 Sept 1938) I wonder if this Condor was recovered, or if it is still there? (pub. 20 Jan 1939) More to come soon. If you have trouble reading the captions, let me know and I'll transcribe whichever ones you'd like to see.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2010 18:01:35 GMT 12
This is an interesting piece of pre-war anti-Nazi spin, from 15th of July 1939. Frobisher, the first DH Albatross into airline service (pub. 3 Dec 1938) I thought this photo of Hampdens was quite neat (pub. July 1939)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2010 18:17:32 GMT 12
This is quite Sci-Fi in nature (pub. 20 Jan 1939) This is from 5 Aug 1939
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2010 18:27:43 GMT 12
This is from March 18, 1939
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 1, 2010 19:49:51 GMT 12
Nice ones there Dave.
The Hawk Trainer III (strictly speaking, the Magister name relates only to military/ex-military M.14s) ZK-AEX was carrying Public Works engineer Bill Claris as a passenger when it crashed, as the caption notes.
The Claris airfield on Great Barrier Island is named in his memory.
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Post by chinapilot on Aug 8, 2010 5:45:01 GMT 12
Great finds Dave...keep them coming!
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