Awatere (Aircraft. ZK-AMN)

Short Solent Mk IV flying boat built for Tasman Empire Airways Limiited (TEAL). Registered on the New Zealand Aircraft Register in 1948 and delivered to TEAL in 1949. Operated the Tasman and South Pacific service 1949-1954. Withdrawn from service 1955 and sold to Aquila Airways, operating as G-ANYI. Sold to ARTOP, Portugal in 1961. Later abandoned on a beach on the River Targus, Lisbon and broken up for scrap in 1971.

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School boy talking to a pilot aboard the TEAL Solent flying boat Awatere

Date: [ca 7 Sep 1951]

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

Reference: 114/349/10-F

Description: School boy talking to a pilot aboard the TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) Solent flying boat Awatere. Photograph taken circa 7 Sep 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer Source of descriptive information - Negative registers and Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Repairs to flying boat Awatere at Evans Bay

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

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TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) staff, servicing the Solent flying boat 'Awatere',...

Date: 27 Oct 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-22614-F

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

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, Solent IV flying boat, RMA Awatere, ZK-AMN, Mechanics Bay, A...

Date: Mar 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24138-F

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

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Repairs to flying boat Awatere at Evans Bay

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

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd Solent seaplanes at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, RMA Aotearoa II ...

Date: Mar 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24164-F

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

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TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Limited) staff, servicing the Solent flying boat 'Awatere',...

Date: 27 Oct 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-22619-F

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

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Solent flying boat Awatere, Evans Bay, Wellington

Date: 31 December 1951

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

Reference: 114/410/10-G

Description: Solent flying boat Awatere, Evans Bay, Wellington, showing passengers boarding from the new pontoon for the first time. Photograph taken 31 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers and Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, Solent IV flying boat, RMA Awatere, ZK-AMN

Date: 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24905-G

Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation for Haythorne-Thwaite Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, Solent IV flying boat, RMA Awatere, ZK-AMN

Date: 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24904-G

Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation for Haythorne-Thwaite Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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TEAL Solent flying boat Awatere being prepared for the first departure from the new pon...

Date: 31 December 1951

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

Reference: 114/410/09-G

Description: TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) Solent flying boat Awatere being pulled into position in preparation for the first departure from the new pontoon, Evans Bay, Wellington. Photograph taken 31 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers and Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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Repairs to flying boat Awatere at Evans Bay

Date: 24 October 1950

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

Reference: 114/212/12-G

Description: Mechanics doing repairs to 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

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TEAL Solent flying boat Awatere

Date: 24 October 1950

From: Henderson, James Herbert, 1918-2005: Collection

Reference: 1/2-116452-F

Description: TEAL Solent flying boat `Awatere' taking off from Evans Bay, taken 24 October 1950 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Solent IV flying boat, Awatere, ZK-AMN, pontoon, Auckland

Date: Nov 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-26023-F

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

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Repairs to flying boat Awatere at Evans Bay

Date: 24 October 1950

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

Reference: 114/212/14-G

Description: Mechanics doing repairs to 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

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Air hostess Miss J Stanich by the TEAL Solent flying boat Awatere, Evans Bay, Wellington

Date: 31 December 1951

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

Reference: 114/410/11-G

Description: Air hostess Miss J Stanich at the door of the TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) Solent flying boat Awatere at Evans Bay, Wellington, before its first departure from the new pontoon. Photograph taken 31 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers and Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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TEAL(Tasman Empire Airway Limited) staff, servicing the Solent flying boat 'RMA Awatere...

Date: 27 Oct 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-22618-F

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

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, Solent IV flying boat, RMA Awatere, ZK-AMN, tied to a buoy, ...

Date: Mar 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24142-F

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

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, Solent IV flying boat, RMA Awatere, ZK-AMN, landing, Mechani...

Date: Mar 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24137-F

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

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Tasman Empire Airways Ltd, Solent IV flying boat, RMA Awatere, ZK-AMN, Mechanics Bay, A...

Date: Mar 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24139-F

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

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