United States Army Air Force Captain who came to New Zealand with his Super Sabre jet aircraft to participate in the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 21st Anniversary celebrations. Flew Minister Michael Moohan through the sound barrier.
Nichols, Jimmy L, active 1958
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Moohan album two
Date: Dec 1957-25 May 1959
From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan
Reference: PA1-o-1798
Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, 1958-1959, with the majority of images taken in 1958. Featured events include: the flooding of the Otira River (Dec 1957) with damaged infrastructure; the visit of a United States Air Force jet as part of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebrations (Mar 1958); Main Trunk Line 50th anniversary celebrations (1958), including Ohakune lunch, Taumarunui dinner, and a Rangataua scene (6 Nov 1948) as well as a parade in Taumarunui (8 Nov 1958); the opening of the Greymouth Automatic Telephone Exchange (14 Nov 1958); the first of the Railway Road Services new fleet of omnicoaches and the opening of a Railway Road Services garage in Rotorua (Dec, 1958); the visit of a United States Air Force jet for the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebration (Mar 1958); a pre-Christmas function at Moohan's office (Dec 1958); and the Milson Railway Deviation in Palmerston North (22 May 1959). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: Transferred to PAColl-10065: One print of woman working at [telegraph machine?] while the minister and others look on and two newspaper clippings. The first clipping concerns the government's budget and the other is a photograph of Labour Party members of parliament looking at Fur Dressers and Dyers (New Zealand) products while on a tour of Dunedin and Otago industrial concerns..