Aircraft at Longlands 1929
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Description
Christening of bi-plane DH 60 ZK-AAE at Longlands Aerodrome, Hastings, 1929
DH.60G Gipsy Moth 928 (G-NZED) ZK-AAE
Owners: Auckland AC ‘NZ Herald Gift Machine’
Registered 01.03.29
Dived into the ground at Mangere Airport, Auckland, 22 December 1930, from 2,500 feet during steep turn practice and was destroyed by impact and fire
Pilot Cyril Olsen, aged 23, was killed
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