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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 7, 2016 18:19:10 GMT 12
THIS IS AN INVITATION to Wings Over New Zealand forum members and visitors to join the Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand (AHSNZ). Some of you may not have been aware of the existence of the Society or of the recently introduced innovations concerning publication of its journal that I outline below. The AHSNZ was founded in 1958 and has published its journal continuously over the last 59 years. Publication has varied over that time from monthly to, in later years, just bi-annually. New publishing arrangements introduced last year have resulted in a much improved and professional layout, better quality paper, a substantial increase in the number of pages, and an increase from two issues annually to three for 2015. With effect from the March issue this year the editorial staff have also retitled the journal (previously Aerolegacy) as The Aero Historian ( TAH) to better reflect what the Society is about. Now being published quarterly, TAH forms the core of the AHSNZ’s publishing programme and covers a wide range of subjects with in-depth articles covering all aspects of New Zealand’s 150 years of aviation history – including the personal experiences of those on the ground and in the air, the organisations they belonged to and of the aircraft they help build, service or fly in both military and civil roles in war and in peace, in New Zealand and abroad. Also published quarterly is Aerolog (A5 size) which covers current events such as changes to the Civil Aircraft Register, accidents and incidents, international movements, branch news, etc. The membership year runs from April to March, with its first issues appearing in June. Those who elect to join the AHSNZ during this April for the 2016-2017 year, however, will first receive a complimentary copy of the March 2016 TAH.Below (thanks Dave!) is a copy of the front cover pages and title page of the March issue. For as little as NZ$48.00 per annum this is an offer of exceptional value! To obtain a Membership Application Form simply email me at errol.martyn@xtra.co.nz Cheers, Errol Martyn (Production Editor, The Aero Historian and on behalf of Membership Secretary Ron Ark)
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Post by camtech on Apr 7, 2016 19:35:17 GMT 12
Hi Errol, Would you believe it but this was on my to-do list for tonight. Previously a member (and once on National Committee for a period), I've decided to rejoin. hs780mf@gmail.com will find me via email. Les Billcliff
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 7, 2016 20:52:26 GMT 12
Hi Errol, Would you believe it but this was on my to-do list for tonight. Previously a member (and once on National Committee for a period), I've decided to rejoin. hs780mf@gmail.com will find me via email. Les Billcliff Email on its way. Welcome back! Cheers, Erol
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Post by camtech on Apr 7, 2016 21:16:34 GMT 12
Thanks Errol - job for first thing tomorrow
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 23, 2016 13:14:17 GMT 12
Just a quick reminder that the FREE offer mentioned in my first post expires in 8 days time. Join the Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand today - you know you won't regret it if you do!
Errol
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 29, 2016 15:37:58 GMT 12
Just a last minute reminder that the FREE offer mentioned in my first post expires tomorrow (30th). A golden opportunity for those with a genuine interest in aviation history to join the Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand and learn more about our own aviation history: contrary to poular opinion, it's not all there on the internet, and what is there is often inaccurate anyway!
The Society also welcomes articles for publication, both large and small, so start getting your keyboards into action!
Cheers, Errol
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Post by errolmartyn on Jun 26, 2016 16:05:02 GMT 12
The June issue of Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand's (AHSNZ) The Aero Historian is now out and in the mail to members this weekend. Another high quality issue that is packed with New Zealand aviation history not to be found elsewhere (yes Mildred, not everything is to be found on the Internet!). Editor Brian Lockstone starts the ball rolling with an account of TEAL’s acquisition of the DC-6. Another installment of David Duxbury’s comprehensive history of the Lockheed Ventura in RNZAF service follows. Next up is Part 3 (Bomber Command 1939-1943) of Swedish member Peter Hasselgren series on air-to-air claims by New Zealand air gunners during WWII. Rounding out the issue is the penultimate installment of Jim Lewthwaite’s diary as a Wellington bomber pilot during 1941-1942, and lastly two pages of fascinating feedback relating to previous issues. Still a few copies available to those who are yet to join the Society. Contact me for subscription details at errol.martyn@xtra.co.nz. Don’t miss out! Cheers, Errol Martyn (Production Editor, The Aero Historian)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 26, 2016 17:05:45 GMT 12
This is going to be a good one! I am so glad I signed up for this magazine when I did!!
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Post by camtech on Jun 26, 2016 17:32:36 GMT 12
Recommended membership for aviation enthusiasts
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Post by errolmartyn on Sept 26, 2016 10:20:22 GMT 12
The September issue of Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand's (AHSNZ) The Aero Historian is now out and in the mail to members this weekend. As described in his accompanying article by Air Force Museum of New Zealand Keeper of Photographs Matthew O’Sullivan, our cover photo features a very rare wartime colour image of a 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF Lancaster taken from one of a small number of colour slides by NZ417188 Ralph H. Barker, RNZAF during his service in Canada and England. The centrespread of the issue features his other slides, also in colour. Our lead-in article describes the tortuous process behind NAC’s acquisition of its first DC-3 airliners. Next up is the final installment of Jim Lewthwaite’s diary as a Wellington bomber pilot during 1941-1942. Then we have an article describing the first flight over Mount Cook, in 1920 by Captains Isitt and Wilkes. Rounding out the issue is the beginning of a new series: The Toll of the Air – New Zealand fatalities in civil aviation accidents since 1889, Part 1 (1899 to 1930). Our back cover features colour photos of some of NAC’s early DC-3s. We still have a few copies available of this and the June issue for those aviation aficionados who are yet to join the Society and enjoy the fruits of its recording of New Zealand’s aviation history (or perhaps even contribute with an article or two). You can contact me for subscription details at errol.martyn@xtra.co.nz. Don’t miss out! Cheers, Errol Martyn (Production Editor, The Aero Historian)
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Post by planewriting on Sept 30, 2016 16:31:32 GMT 12
The latest AHSNZ Aero Historian is now reaching AHSNZ members’ letter boxes.
Membership of the Aviation Historical Society, by WONZ members, is on the up and up. In addition to the contributions to the WONZ threads the Society welcomes WONZ and AHSNZ members to write articles for the Society’s journal The Aero Historian (TAH).
“Too hard” you might say, “Don’t know how to start, hopeless with grammar and spelling or it might not be sufficient or interesting!”
The Society is aware of why people shy away from writing and in a move to overcome that problem, and also to plan the layout of TAHs, an Editorial Board has been formed. Its members have considerable experience in writing articles and books and can provide the tools for the job, encouragement and guidance.
Nearly 60 years of publications are now behind us providing a vast resource of material and photographs at our disposal in need. We also have considerable experience as to finding accurate information from external sources.
Ideally, everyone planning or considering writing an AHSNZ article should contact the board early on so that we can, not only offer support and guidance, but plan layouts for future publications. We thoroughly recommend you obtain and supply a record of source of information including photographers’ names.
The Board can help with “The beginning, the middle and the ending” and also the grammar. Preferably though, we would like to receive copy in Word documents and after the Spelling and Grammar checking has been done in New Zealand English.
Experience has also shown that despite what a contributor may submit there might be someone who on reading the published article will step forward with the “missing jig-saw piece”. We recognise this by having a regular column completing the record, which emphasises that we welcome additional material.
Give it some thought and if you would now like to “give it a go” contact the Society Editor Brian Lockstone brianlockstone@hotmail.com . There is nothing like that sense of satisfaction in seeing that first publication with a contribution with your name on it.
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 1, 2016 13:22:36 GMT 12
"The first two issues of my subscription of Aero Historian arrived yesterday, where they been all my life!! Fantastic reading & reference & looking forward to the remaining issues of my subscription." (A new AHSNZ member writes in praise of The Aero Historian.)
Errol
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Post by errolmartyn on Dec 20, 2016 13:42:25 GMT 12
The December issue of The Aero Historian was mailed out to Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand members earlier today. This bumper issue features an additional four pages and includes an account of Pan American’s first flights to New Zealand (with the Sikorsky S-42B flying boat Pan American Clipper (later renamed Samoan Clipper and tragically lost as such with the legendary Captain Edwin Musick and crew off Samoa in December 1937). This is followed by Air Commodore Jim Barclay’s informative and entertaining account of his Vampire flying with 75 Squadron. David Duxbury then provides another installment of his extensive coverage of the Ventura in RNZAF service in New Zealand and the Pacific during 1943-1946 and yours truly continues his Toll of the Air series with Part 2 covering 1931-1934. All of which is rounded out with feedback from readers. Still not too late to secure your copy! Feel free to email me at errol.martyn@xtra.co.nz for a membership application form. Cheers, Errol
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Post by errolmartyn on Mar 31, 2017 12:22:43 GMT 12
The March issue of The Aero Historian , our last for the 2016-2017 membership year, was mailed out to Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand members earlier this week. This 36-page issue features two articles on markings of post-war RNZAF aircraft and an account of a little known shoot out between an RAF Wellington and Curtiss H75A fighters of the Vichy Air Force off Senegal in 1942. Which was the first airline to operate direct, one-aircraft service between New Zealand and Europe? The answer may surprise you and it can be found in Brian Lockstone’s article ‘The French Connection’. Another airliner flight to Europe of a different nature is recorded in engineer Michael White’s account of his part in the delivery of Viscount ZK-BRD from New Zealand to the United Kingdom in 1974. Part 3 of Toll of the Air covers 1935-1936 and includes the double tragedies at Rongotai of February-March 1936 which took the lives of New Zealand’s most famous pilot of the time, Mac McGregor, and well-known and popular parachutist Scotty Fraser. Still not too late to secure your copy! Simply email Secretary Ron Ark at ron.ark@xtra.co.nz for a membership application form. The next issue of The Aero Historian will appear in June. Cheers, Errol
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 24, 2017 21:59:08 GMT 12
Here is the latest update from Errol Martyn: The June issue of The Aero Historian, our first for the 2017-2018 membership year, was mailed out to Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand members earlier this Saturday (24th). This bumper 44-page issue, crammed with plenty of interesting and new material not found elsewhere, leads off with an account about the life and times of our cover subject – Tiger Moth ZK-AKC – seen here on the cover in all its splendour flying over Dunedin city. This is followed by the first of a new series called ‘A story behind the photograph’ by Peter Wheeler of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association. His first account features Noel Sutherland, DFC, RNZAF and his crew flying Stirlings on SOE, supply dropping and glider towing ops during 1944-1945. Editor Brian Lockstone then describes the sometimes convoluted background to RNZAF and NAC Norfolk Island and Pacific regional services of 1942-1955. Warren Russell then brings us the colour schemes and individual histories of the NZPAF and RNZAF’s Bristol Fighters. The RNZAF was the last air force to cease operating the type – in 1936! Two pages of drawings and over 30 photos illustrate Warren’s article. Part 4 of ‘Toll of the Air’ completes coverage of the inter-war period. Interestingly, three of the events described occurred overseas and are published here for the first time. Not yet a Society member? Still not too late to secure your copy! Simply email Secretary Ron Ark at ron.ark@xtra.co.nz for a membership application form. The next issue of The Aero Historian will appear in September. Cheers, Errol
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Post by errolmartyn on Sept 28, 2017 22:17:27 GMT 12
The September issue of The Aero Historian was mailed out to Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand members over the weekend (September 23rd). This is another bumper 44-page issue, crammed with plenty of interesting and new material not found elsewhere, leading is an account by Cantabrian Ernle Clark about his solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936. His Percival Gull Four is seen here on the cover flying over Christchurch city a few months later. Editor Brian Lockstone next brings us an account of a little known emergency landing at Lord Howe Island during the war by one of TEAL’s Empire Flying Boats. Peter Wheeler has provided us with another ‘story behind the photograph’ piece. The starring role in this episode is a Wellington bomber named ‘Pruno’, named after one of its crew members whose likeness bore an uncanny resemblance to the famous character Pilot Officer Prune of the RAF’s wartime publication Tee Emm. Former NAC pilot Jim Pavitt then treats us to a first-hand description of flying de Havilland Herons in the 1950s, from a then rather unsophisticated and windy Rongotai in particular. Part 5 of ‘Toll of the Air’ covers the Second World War period (curiously, there were no such deaths during its 1939-1941 years). The first two events described unarmed Empire Flying Boat airliners shot down by Japanese fighters during that nation’s invasion of the Netherlands East Indies in early 1942. What is the connection between Polynesian Airlines Percival Princes and New Zealand? Tom Singfield explains! And the last word goes to the editor’s concluding account of the evolution of RNZAF squadron markings in the 1950s and 1960s. Not yet a Society member? Still not too late to secure your copy! Simply email Secretary Ron Ark at ron.ark@xtra.co.nz for a membership application form. The next issue of The Aero Historian will appear in December. Cheers, Errol
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 26, 2017 20:47:31 GMT 12
NZCR ZK-AEA to ZK-AEZ
Despatched to all current AHSNZ members today is secretary Ron Ark’s latest installment (No 5) of the Vintage New Zealand Civil Register covering registrations ZK-AEA to ZK-AEZ.
The 94-page listing includes ownership history and one or more photos in B&W or colour of each – 124 in all and many published for the first time. Especially fascinating in this block are official Civil Aviation documents relating to machines that were impressed into the RNZAF upon the outbreak of WWII.
This series is distributed electronically to all current AHSNZ members as part of their annual subscription ($52.00 within New Zealand). If you are not yet a member but would like to share in these treasurers contact Ron today at ron.ark@xtra.co.nz for membership details.
Cheers, Errol
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 24, 2018 17:57:08 GMT 12
The latest issue of The Aero Historian has now been published, and sent to Aviation Historical Society members. Feature articles are on the development of NAC, a history of the activities of Geoffrey Roberts (later General manager of TEAL) when he was flying in India's North-West Frontier during the 1930s, and coverage of the accident to Mustang NZ2411 in 1953. Membership of the Society is $52 per year, and details may be found on the AHSNZ website ahsnz.tripod.com/membership.html
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Post by corsairarm on Mar 25, 2018 10:16:41 GMT 12
I am defiantly going to join your society now as the pilot of NZ2411 was my mothers cousin whom I was named after. I was born in August 1954. I have been meaning to join for some time.
Cheers
Richard
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