bi-plane
Air Pageant
Spectators watching airborne bi-plane ZK-A?? and two on the ground at Longlands or Bridge Pa Aerodrome
ZK-ABB DH.60G Gipsy Moth, Hawke’s Bay AC/Hastings (Government Loan) New Plymouth AC, impressed 11 October 1939, crashed New Plymouth 19 April 1941
Air Pageant 1934
Taken at North Island Air Pageant at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 24 March 1934
Bi-plane has “High Jinks 2” written on fuselage
Air Pageant 1934
Taken at North Island Air Pageant at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 24 March 1934
“UNION MOTOR SPIRIT HASTINGS” on back of truck
Te Mata Peak in distance
Air Pageant 1934
Taken at North Island Air Pageant at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 24 March 1934
[Guy Field flying?]
Air Pageant 1934
Taken at North Island Air Pageant at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 24 March 1934
Air Pageant Notice 1934
Notice advertising North Island Air Pageant at Bridge Pa, 24 March 1934
Poster text –
“Programme of Official North Island
Air Pageant
Bridge Pah ‘Drome. 24th March
at all Newsagents – Price 6d.
Hastings 1934
Designed by E.W. Crook.”
Aircraft at Bridge Pa 1934
Bi-plane and spectators at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 1934
Aircraft at Longlands 1929
Bi-planes and spectators at Longlands Aerodrome for the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club’s first pageant, 1929
Aircraft at Longlands 1929
Christening of bi-plane “Heretaunga” DH 60 ZK-AAE by Lady Russell at Longlands Aerodrome, Hastings, 1929
Mayor Maddison standing at left
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
Aircraft at Longlands 1929
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
Aircraft ZK-AAB at Longlands 1929
Pilot Tiny White (Captain TW White) on left, Mayor George Maddison (on right) and dignitaries at Longlands Aerodrome, 1929
Bi-Plane ZK-AAB, DH.60X Moth (G-NZAT) withdrawn from use 1938
Tiny White won the aerial derby.
Aircraft ZK-ABB at Bridge Pa 1934
Dudley Newbigin standing by bi-plane ZK-ABB at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 1934
Bi-Plane ZK-ABB, DH.60X Moth (G-NZAT) withdrawn from use 1938
Bridge Pa Aerodrome Opening 1934
DH 60 Gypsy Moths flying at opening of Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 1934
DH 60G Gypsy Moth ZK-AAR, DH 60X Gypsy Moth ZK-AAB, DH 60G Gypsy Moth ZK-AAX
Dorothy Field Pilot
Dorothy Field, first female at Bridge Pa Club to become a pilot, standing in front DH 60 – ZK-AAE at Bridge Pa Aerodrome
“HERETAUNGA HAWKE’S BAY” on fuselage
Dorothy Field Pilot
Dorothy Field, first female at Bridge Pa Club to become a pilot, in the cockpit of DH 60 – ZK-AAE at Bridge Pa Aerodrome
Dorothy Field Pilot
Dorothy Field, first female at Bridge Pa Club to become a pilot at Bridge Pa
Kingsford-Smith Plane at Bridge Pa 1933
Charles Kingsford-Smith’s “Southern Cross” plane at Bridge Pa Aerodrome, 20 January 1933
Inset – Charles Kingsford-Smith, seated front, and others after opening of clubrooms
Plane
Dudley Newbigin’s Gypsy Moth on the beach at Waimarama
Dudley held the 31st licence for New Zealand
Plane
Dudley Newbigin’s Gypsy Moth