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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 11:28:24 GMT 12
More cracker photos!
Dave: ZK-CWG was a Taylor Monoplane, so the only other options are CBG and CMG. If the last letter is a G, that is.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 26, 2012 11:42:36 GMT 12
 Gipsy Major in a Tiger Moth, Mangere 1938   Beechcraft B17L at Mangere 1937  Crash of Lockheed "Kotare" at Mangere 1939   Digging out the engine of ZK-AAT from the mudflats. AAC's CFI Dave Allan's dog Bumblefoot in the foreground. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 26, 2012 11:52:20 GMT 12
I think Ray has it, it will be ZK-CWQ  ZK-ABE crashed at Mangere 1938   The arrival over Auckland of the first Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper, 1939  The first Lockheed 10A at Mangere 1937. Note the tow tug being used is a roller. Did the aerodrome have that for rolling the grass strip?  Beechcraft Staggerwing at Mangere 1938  Foster Wickner Wicko at Mangere in 1938.  Miles Magister at Mangere in 1938  Snapshot from a Baby Brownie camera of the Souhern Cross VH-USU over Athenrie in 1933 |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 26, 2012 11:55:12 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 26, 2012 12:25:03 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 26, 2012 14:07:40 GMT 12
Nice photos. A few clarifications: ZK-AGS was a Rearwin, based at Te Kuiti. Late became ZK-AIP The Wicko arrived in 1938 Wellington Aero Club Waco The Waco ZK-ACV was with Wellington AC 1932-33, then moved south to Dunedin and Timaru with the Wigleys Captain Brakes in Avro 504K Les Brake (singular) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 26, 2012 14:41:34 GMT 12
Sorry, that 1930 was my typo, it should have read 1939.
I was just going by what was on the back regarding Brakes. Thanks for the correction.
Is that Jay McIntyre's Waco?
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Post by TS on Dec 26, 2012 18:33:15 GMT 12
Rukuhia  Be still, my beating heart! Could it be?! Dearest Dave, could you email me a high resolution copy please? Hey Zac With the aid of a HUUUGE magnifine glass I come up with ZK CBG.? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 19:11:52 GMT 12
Hey Zac With the aid of a HUUUGE magnifine glass I come up with ZK CBG.? Same conclusion I came to, very quickly ;-) What a nice Christmas present! |
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Post by TS on Dec 26, 2012 19:25:15 GMT 12
Yep it's amazing what it will pull out of these old photos, not to mention Rukuhia  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 27, 2012 7:49:22 GMT 12
Is that Jay McIntyre's Waco? Not sure what you mean by that query. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2012 15:36:26 GMT 12
Doesn't Jay have a Waco at Omaka under restoration by his JEM Aviation workshops?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2012 16:59:36 GMT 12
An Auckland Aero Club Moth, on a beach, I assume also at Athenrie with the Southern Cross?  Laurie Scanes holding the rudder of Union Airways Lockheed 10A that crashed on Mount Richmond in Marlborough, in 1942  The same Lockhed 10A crash site in 1942, Laurie Scanes and Bill Perry in the photo  A not so good landing at Mangere in 1938. From left are Alf Gee, Doug Grieg, Harold Gillies and Ian Bayley  AAC Miles Magister in 1938  Sikorsky S-42 - Captain Edwin Musick's aeroplane  The crew of the Short Empire "Centarus" in 1938. Captain Burgess in the centre  Miles Whitney Strait at Mangere in 1938  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2012 17:04:14 GMT 12
These are not civil aircraft of course but they are international visitors, and don't fit antwhere else so I'll put them into here: Curtiss SOC-1 floatplanes aboard the visiting cruiser USS Louisville, in 1938.   Read more about this visit and their part in the Mangere airshow here: rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=airshow&action=print&thread=4911 |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2012 17:09:32 GMT 12
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Post by lumpy on Dec 27, 2012 17:28:49 GMT 12
Doesn't Jay have a Waco at Omaka under restoration by his JEM Aviation workshops? According to the JEM Aviation website , yes he does . His one however has previously been registered as both AEL and ALA ( if I read that correctly ) , so its not the same one as in the photo . |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 27, 2012 17:48:33 GMT 12
I see what you are getting at now Dave.
The Waco at Omaka is a Waco UOC, which was there prewar as ZK-AEL, served wartime as NZ575 and then became ZK-ALA postwar before a sojourn in Australia.
The Wellington AC ZK-ACV was a Waco QDC which was scrapped during WW2.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 27, 2012 17:50:41 GMT 12
I guess that 'Athenrie' is actually Athenree, now known as Waihi Beach, just north of Tauranga.
the Hawk Trainer III ZK-AEX was the aircraft that crashed on Great Barrier Island in 1939 killing passenger PWD engineer George Claris.
Claris airfield is named in his memory.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Dec 27, 2012 18:07:54 GMT 12
Fascinating photos, interesting to see the old Auckland Aero Club ones, I recognise a few names from the AAC archives, including of course Fred North who was the father of Merv North who was our club patron until his passing earlier in the year.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2012 18:09:49 GMT 12
I know George Claris's cousin, Hollie Claris, who was a WWII air gunner in Avengers and Venturas.
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