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Date: 16 Mar 1946

From: McDougall, Robert Alexander, 1904- :Photographs and postcards relating to R A McDougall's experiences in Egypt during World War II

Reference: 1/2-066105-F

Description: Photograph of the Lockheed Electra monoplane Kaka (ZK-AGK) at Rongotai airport in Wellington, taken on 16 March 1946 during the 10th Anniversary celebrations for the commencement of the Union Airways of New Zealand Services, by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1951 - 1959

From: [Ephemera, timetables, tickets, and advertising relating to aviation, airline companies, flights, aeroplanes, aircraft, by New Zealanders or in New Zealand. 1950-1954]

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-1950s-01-inside

Description: Shows a map of Fiordland and Stewart Island with the landing areas marked. Lists the attractions of the area for tourists, hunter, and fishermen. Ewing & McPherson's history of New Zealand aviation, says that Amphibian Airlines was one of the small short-lived airlines that stared up in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on one side of pamphlet.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph on pamphlet, 215 x 333 (unfolded)

Date: 24 October 1950

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

Reference: 114/212/15-G

Description: Mechanics doing repairs to No 3 engine of TEAL flying boat 'Awatere' at Evans Bay. Photographed 24 October 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 30 May 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13154-G

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

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-061

Description: Shows a man standing on a ladder screwing a new sign onto a post. It says `London 38 1/2 hours'. The old sign, which is lying on the ground nearby, says `London 12,000 miles'. The North Island is beneath him and he is positioned over the Auckland area. In the distance, an aeroplane is flying towards him. Refers to the biweekly air service starting between London and Auckland. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1939

From: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003 :Photographs and negatives

By: Davis, Bruce Valentine, 1913-2003

Reference: 1/4-038792-F

Description: View of an Airspeed Oxford aircraft on Milson airfield, Palmerston North photographed by Bruce Valentine Davis in 1939 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1907-1910 (copied, 193-?)

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-AVH-61-25-G

Description: Montage of five photographs showing aeroplane built in Hastings ca 1907-1910 by Bertram Ogilvie. Copy negative made 1930s by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1981

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

Reference: B-145-223

Description: Shows a hypothetical cross-section through the Wellington Airport, showing underground and above-ground operations. Huge conveyor belts on the surface of the runway, generate electricity using the speed of the jumbo jets landing on them, to drive underground turbines. The relative positions of Evans Bay and Lyall Bay are shown. Published in the Dominion on 2 January 1981. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Copyright] Heath (Robinson) 1981 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 356 x 470 mm.

Date: 1936

Reference: 1/4-008783

Description: Three biplanes, one called Karoro, at New Plymouth Airport. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 19

Reference: PAColl-7985-47

Description: Group behind a fence, watching a biplane in the air at Wellington Airport, Rongotai. Shows cars parked alongside. Photograph taken circa 1930 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.6 cm

Date: 12 Nov 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-10700-F

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

Date: 18 December 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-26059-F

Description: New Zealand National Airways Corporation's DC-3 airliners, ZK-AOD Papango, and ZK-AOH Pateke being readied for their scheduled flights. Photographed by Whites Aviation on the 18th of December 1950. This photograph was taken on the day Christchurch Airport was proclaimed an International Airport. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.2 x 11 cm

Date: 2008

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0005660

Description: Scene shows Finance Minister, Michael Cullen piloting a small biplane. His co-pilot leans out and drops a bomb on Auckland International Airport. Michael Cullen asks if he hit any foreign investors and the co-pilot says that he hit mostly local shareholders. Refers to the bid by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for 40 per cent of the outstanding shares in Auckland International Airport at a price of $3.65 for each share acquired. But the government has introduced a special regulation that imposes a foreign-ownership control test on the country's "major strategic assets," including Auckland Airport. The Canadian investment board confirmed it would continue with the offer and played down the significance of the law. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 24 October 1950

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

Reference: 114/212/13-G

Description: Mechanics repairing No 3 engine of the TEAL flying boat 'Awatere' at Evans Bay. Photographed 24 October 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 1938]

From: Williams, P C :Photographs of Levin, Weraroa and Auckland c1900s

By: D G Begg Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0434-01

Description: Boeing Clipper seaplane on a Pan-American airways trial flight to Auckland, ca 1938. Photograph taken by William Williams, ca 1938. Print made in September 1939. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8163-41

Description: Photograph showing a Simmonds Spartan biplane ZK-ABL flying over the town of Dannevirke, taken from the air circa 1930s by Newham Photo Services. Source of descriptive information - aeroplane identified by Library client Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Dannevirke / from the air / File / Newham photo Spartan ZK-ABL was built in 1929 and flew in New Zealand for the first time in January 1930. It was the first aeroplane to land on Hawea Flat. It was operated for six years before crashing in Tauranga. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.8 x 15.2 cm

Date: 1939-1954

From: Barrett, Brian Edward, 1923-1975: Photographs relating to service with the Royal Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Reference: PA1-f-314

Description: Photograph album compiled by Brian Barrett, ca 1950s. The photographs relate to Barrett's service with the Royal Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force in England, Burma, Malaya, and India during World War II; and his interest in model aviation; and family vacation in 1954. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, 51 x 38 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Barrett, Brian Edward, 1922-1975; Papers (MS-Group-1822). Loose photographs from the album are now in PAColl-10514. 1 strip of unrelated colour negatives (unidentified group of men and women) at 35mm-102773.

Date: 2010

From: Darroch, Bob 1940- :[Digital cartoons published in the Whangarei Report]

By: Whangarei report (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0017636

Description: The school bus driver has just read a newspaper report about 'Noisy kids on airline flight' and is amazed to think that 'it made national news that kids were TALKING on a plane'. The children on his bus are totally out of control. Context - An incident on an Air New Zealand plane in which Labour MP Charles Chauvel was reported by the parent of the child concerned to have said three times, increasingly loudly, during a Sunday night flight to Wellington that he wished the child sitting in front of him would "shut up". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1907-1911 (copied, 193-?)

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-AVH-61-26-G

Description: Montage of photograph showing aeroplane built in Hastings ca 1907-1910 by Bertram Ogilvie, and Royal Aero Club membership cards 1910-1911 for Bertram Ogilvie. Copy negative made 1930s by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 30 May 1948

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-13156-G

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