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Post by shamus on Sept 12, 2011 14:47:57 GMT 12
Thought this photo may be of interest. It is from the Ted Harvey collection and shows the factory at Rongotai in full swing producing RNZAF Tigers. Note, NZ1477 on the right, that looks like its ready to go out the door for test flying.  |
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Post by Tony on Sept 12, 2011 15:13:45 GMT 12
DHNZ relocated to a large brand-new building next to the Aero Club when the airport was re-developed. The building still exists and is occupied by Vincent Aviation, Aviation Radio and others, although I think the hangar on the end is a subsequent addition to the original building. From memory there were the WAC hangar (set back), the "Governmant Hangar" that seemed to have the Andrews A1 as the sole resident most of the time and then the DH hangar that was later renamed the Manthel Motors hangar (used to store new Holden cars. Also from memory, the structure of this hangar became very rusty as the metal was left bare metal! Great photo Shamus. My missing collection of Wings Magazines (from 1932 - 1950) had some fantastic wartime pics (adverts) of DH production. |
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Post by Damon on Sept 12, 2011 16:33:43 GMT 12
According to "The book ", NZ1477 became ZK-BMH .Was destroyed in a hangar fire at Invercargill in August 1962.Great picture,thanks for posting it!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 12, 2011 16:35:00 GMT 12
Excellent photo there Jim. Thanks for that.
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Post by kiwibeavers on Sept 12, 2011 20:24:08 GMT 12
Thanks for that fantastic hangar shot there Shamus.
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Post by oj on Sept 12, 2011 20:58:50 GMT 12
Dave,
Phone Ron Hildreth in Hamilton 843 6109.
Ron worked there for years before coming to Air Parts and then PAC in Hamilton.
He has a wealth of info and memories.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 12, 2011 21:34:39 GMT 12
Thanks OJ, I will try to call him tomorrow.
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Post by oj on Oct 7, 2011 22:46:38 GMT 12
Any luck with Ron, Dave?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 7, 2011 22:50:57 GMT 12
Shoot, I forgot about calling him. I will try in the next few days. I think he might make a good candidate for the upcoming Wings Over New Zealand Show...
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Post by camtech on Sept 4, 2017 21:55:55 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 4, 2017 22:04:05 GMT 12
Brilliant!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 4, 2017 22:07:09 GMT 12
Oh wow, awesome photos Les!
You can smell the wood shavings, dope, and fresh paint as you look at these shots.
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Post by markrogers on Sept 4, 2017 22:29:58 GMT 12
Awesome photos. It's big and roomy inside! To think that this became the terminal and it was supposed to be temporary yet it went on for many years and I used to walk through it with hundreds of other people...I remember the roof and looking up at it as I walked by.
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Post by camtech on Sept 4, 2017 22:46:35 GMT 12
Very evocative - makes you think of how tradesmen used to work.
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 5, 2017 8:11:48 GMT 12
This thread is yet another reason I know that Wings Over NZ is the BEST aviation forum in the world ! No doubt about it !!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 5, 2017 9:19:22 GMT 12
Awwwww, that;s very nice of you to say, Ando.
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Post by camtech on Sept 5, 2017 10:12:59 GMT 12
One of the nice things about all of this is purely personal - I'm getting to look through boxes of photos that I haven't looked at for some years and find some gems that tie in with various threads on this forum. Also interesting to see the captions transcribed on them and being able to increase our combined knowledge of our own aviation history.
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