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 Withdrawn from service 1955 and sold to Aquila Airways, operating as G-ANYI.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.
Awatere (Aircraft. ZK-AMN)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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