Moth (Training plane)

Date: [ca 1927-1957]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-146

Description: All photographs contain captions. The first public parade of the RNZAF at the Opening of Parliament, Wellington. 1937; RNZAF Band undertaking weapon training at RNZAF Station Rongotai, 1942. Portraits of: Mr T A Barrow (Air Secretary); Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh William Lumsden Saunders; Air Marshal Sir Robert Victor Goddard; Squadron Leader J E Duncan. Photographs of aircraft: DH-4 bomber; Gipsy Moth; Vickers aircraft; Bristol aircraft; Hawker `Tomtit'; Avro 504K; Gloster; Fairey; Blackburn; Grumman Avenger (first top dressing trials at Ohakea, 1948-49); T-6 training planes, 1957 Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931

By: Chichester, Francis Charles (Sir), 1901-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-7501

Description: Chichester describes his solo flight in a gipsy moth from New Zealand to Norfolk Island, from there to Lord Howe Island and on to Australia in 1931. The flight was particularly dependent on his navigation skills but after encountering a hurricane his plane was wrecked. He describes rebuilding it and continuing his flight to Australia; `Seaplane solo' was published in 1933 by Faber and reprinted in 1945 as `Plane over the Tasman Sea'. Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also qMS-0439-0440 for holograph draft; qMS-0441 for typescript; MS-Papers-2367, fols 08-10, 15-18 for draft notes toward `Seaplane solo' Relationship complexity - Published copies at 387.7 in ATL collection; 919 in National Library collection Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1930

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, timetables, and advertising relating to aviation, airline companies, flights, aeroplanes, aircraft, by New Zealanders or in New Zealand]

By: Auckland Aero Club

Reference: Eph-B-AVIATION-1930-01

Description: Programme for Auckland Aero Club's second annual aerial pageant lists the club officers, the officials at the meeting and a programme of events. It includes a map by the Air Survey and transport Co. Ltd, of the 34 D.H. Moths already in New Zealand. It also includes advertisements for Dominion Motors, the 1930 Willys Six car, the Straight Eight Hillman, Majestic Electric Radio, A Kohn Ltd Auckland jewellers, the 1930 Buick, Choysa Tea, Weet-Bix, John W Andrew & Sons Ltd, Minerva Cars at E Marbeck, "Golden Wings" art union, Wingate & Co clockmakers, and Cadman's Parking Station at 89 Greys Avenue. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 245 x 188 mm.

Date: ca1930-1935

From: Powell, Ian Lyall, 1905-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7563-1

Description: Photographs of unidentified snow covered landscapes; skiers and trampers in action or in groups, some outside tramping huts, or in amongst tent camps; photographs of Hamish Armstrong's crashed De Havilland Gipsy Moth plane taken on the 4th and 5th of August 1935 Hamish Armstrong set off to fly from Akitio to Hastings on 21 July 1935. He crashed in the Ruahine Ranges in an area known today as Armstrong Saddle. On Sunday 4th of August 1935 the wreckage of the plane was found by a group of trampers looking for a skiing ground. Hamish Armstrong's body was never found. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931

By: Chichester, Francis Charles (Sir), 1901-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-0931

Description: Log written in flight in Gipsy Moth I seaplane. Includes mostly jottings, calculations and some printed tables. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (122 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: [193-?]

From: Kennett, Robert, 1913-2007 : Photographs, including images taken after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Reference: PA1-o-1763

Description: Album of 39 photographs taken by Robert Kennett circa 1930s including eight images relating to military cadets (possibly in the Wairoa district) and eight of buildings damaged in the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Also includes images of the Wairoa district including Frasertown, Lake House, Morere, Tuai, Frasertown Bridge, Wairoa. Also a Bristol Fighter aircraft, a Gipsy Moth aircraft. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown soft card covers, 17 x 22 cm

Date: ca1931-ca1934

From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall

By: Nightingall, Theodore Charles, 1914-1986

Reference: PA1-o-1030

Description: A record of the life of a man in his late teens which includes his interest in aircraft, motorcycles, physical culture and body image, sports, and accidents. Two images show flights of Gipsy Moth aircraft over Auckland, and four show Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cross" in flight. One sequence of images records a trip on motorcycles to the West Coast and Nelson with views of mountains, river vallies, towns, and tourist attractions such as glaciers, pancake rocks and gold dredges. Another group shows the gannet colony at Cape Kidnappers. Theo and some of his friends were interested in the physical culture of the time which was a combination of body building and gymnastic stunts. As a result there are several pages of men displaying their muscular development, or performing acrobatic balancing stunts on beaches, mountain tops and motorcycles. One group of photographs shows the machinary and workers in a factory, possibly for weaving fabric, and another group relates to the flax fibre industry in which his father was involved in some way after arriving in New Zealand in about 1931. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1927-1940]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-10612-10

Description: De Havilland DH 60G or 60M Moth in flight, unknown location. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1929

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-8655-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken by an Evening Post photographer in 1929. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1927-1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-8664-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken by Evening Post photographer between 1927 an 1932. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1927-1932

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-8666-1/4-G

Description: Photograph taken by Evening Post photographer between 1927 an 1932. Source of descriptive information - Notes in negative register. Image not seen by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1936-1964

By: Champness, Patricia, active 1967-2007

Reference: MS-Group-1669

Description: Collection comprises a copy of Chichester's publication `Seaplane solo' signed by Norman Champness. Also includes accompanying material: newspaper cuttings of Chichester's adventures by sea and air, ephemera and correspondence to Miss Pat Champness regarding the design of the Gipsy Moth IV charts. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs Patricia Champness, United Kingdom, 2008

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-0763-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-0748 to 0766 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Oct 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-09646-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: Jul 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13814-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1931

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-032441-G

Description: Francis Chichester's Gipsy Moth aeroplane, Wellington, 1931. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1929

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-8657-1/4-G

Description: George Alexander Troup in the passenger seat of a Gipsy Moth aircraft during an Aero pagent in Wellington. Taken in 1929 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 2 Dec 1930

From: Miller, W H : Photographs of Royal Mail biplanes, and Ashburton's first car

Reference: 1/2-038807-F

Description: Aviator Oscar Garden, standing with a group of people at Ashburton aerodrome, his de Havilland DH60M Gipsy Moth biplane off to one side. Behind the group, a sign reads: `Oscar Garden on his England to Australia flight used Plume & Mobil Oil'. Photograph taken on 2 December 1930 by an unidentified photographer. Other - Descendents of Oscar Garden consider that, although the aircraft is Garden's, the pilot is not Oscar Garden. Inscriptions: On original item: Oscar Gardens Aero, Ashburton, NZ Dec 2 AD 1930 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-62665-G

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Jul 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13804-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate