Post by htbrst on Jul 14, 2015 10:41:10 GMT 12
Hi Everyone,
Aninteresting auction I found on Trademe this morning - a set of seven logbooks from ZK-AFH - the worlds first topdresser
www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/militaria/wwii-earlier/auction-917186596.htm
Aninteresting auction I found on Trademe this morning - a set of seven logbooks from ZK-AFH - the worlds first topdresser
This is a group of 7 log books covering from 1937 to 1966.
This plane, piloted by Alan Pritchard, (among others) was the very first plane in the world to trial aerial topdressing. These log books record that very first flight where seeds were deliberately spread from an aircraft on March 8 1941 at Waipapakauri, Ninety Mile Beach, Northland.
There are other important names amongst the log books. The most notable being British Pilot, Sir Ralph Cochrane, who was a Group Captain at the time and was in New Zealand helping the RNZAF. He later went on to command the famous WW2 Dam Buster raids.
Some other names worth noting are F/Lt Buckeridge, F/Lt Burrell, S/Ldr Neville, S/Ldr Gibson, JA Frizzell.
The latest log book was a training record for D S Rowles. He was a scientist for the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), and was a member of the Hallett Station party in Antarctica in 1964. He now has a glacier in Antarctica named after him, "Rowles Glacier". He did much of his training in ZK-AFH and this group of log books came from his estate.
A huge amount of history to take in here. If you like researching our past then these log books will provide hours of entertainment as they have done for me.
This plane, piloted by Alan Pritchard, (among others) was the very first plane in the world to trial aerial topdressing. These log books record that very first flight where seeds were deliberately spread from an aircraft on March 8 1941 at Waipapakauri, Ninety Mile Beach, Northland.
There are other important names amongst the log books. The most notable being British Pilot, Sir Ralph Cochrane, who was a Group Captain at the time and was in New Zealand helping the RNZAF. He later went on to command the famous WW2 Dam Buster raids.
Some other names worth noting are F/Lt Buckeridge, F/Lt Burrell, S/Ldr Neville, S/Ldr Gibson, JA Frizzell.
The latest log book was a training record for D S Rowles. He was a scientist for the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), and was a member of the Hallett Station party in Antarctica in 1964. He now has a glacier in Antarctica named after him, "Rowles Glacier". He did much of his training in ZK-AFH and this group of log books came from his estate.
A huge amount of history to take in here. If you like researching our past then these log books will provide hours of entertainment as they have done for me.
www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/militaria/wwii-earlier/auction-917186596.htm
