Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 8, 2017 23:08:32 GMT 12
This will appeal to some members here, some interesting secret RNZAF history
On The Radar: The Story of Piha's WWII Radar Station - Talk and Walk by Sandra Coney
Date Saturday 7 October, 10am-noon
Venue Log Race Road, Piha
Cost Free
Enquiries
Bookings required
Spaces are limited. Suitable footwear required
Contact Sandra Coney
021 446 370
s_coney@xtra.co.nz
Website piha.co.nz
Details
On the Radar author Sandra Coney will take you on a tour of the site of the Piha radar station, part of a secret network of air force radar stations designed to protect New Zealand from invasion by the Japanese.
The station was linked to the Filter Room at Auckland Teachers College in Epsom.
Initially run by men, women were trained as radar operators - the first operations role for women in the air force.
After the war, this was the site of some globally important radio astronomy discoveries. The talk will tell the story through remains on the ground.
www.heritagefestival.co.nz/events/detail.asp?ID=2197
On The Radar: The Story of Piha's WWII Radar Station - Talk and Walk by Sandra Coney
Date Saturday 7 October, 10am-noon
Venue Log Race Road, Piha
Cost Free
Enquiries
Bookings required
Spaces are limited. Suitable footwear required
Contact Sandra Coney
021 446 370
s_coney@xtra.co.nz
Website piha.co.nz
Details
On the Radar author Sandra Coney will take you on a tour of the site of the Piha radar station, part of a secret network of air force radar stations designed to protect New Zealand from invasion by the Japanese.
The station was linked to the Filter Room at Auckland Teachers College in Epsom.
Initially run by men, women were trained as radar operators - the first operations role for women in the air force.
After the war, this was the site of some globally important radio astronomy discoveries. The talk will tell the story through remains on the ground.
www.heritagefestival.co.nz/events/detail.asp?ID=2197
