Air pilots - Training of

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-050

Description: Photographs relating to days of commemoration, and defence, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images relating to days of commemoration are arranged alphabetically from W. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1916-1917

By: Stewart, Leslie Walter, 1898-1977

Reference: PAColl-2711

Description: Photographs of Leslie Walter Stewart training at Canterbury Aviation Company, Sockburn, taken 1916-1917 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donated by Mrs Phyl M Stewart, Paraparaumu, 1992

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

By: Ward, Cyril George Ramsay, 1913-1995

Reference: PA1-o-1454

Description: Photograph album of RNZAF staff training in Canada during World War II Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 26 cm x 33 cm

Date: 01 Apr 2004 and 25 May 2004 - 01 Apr 2006 - 25 May 2004

From: MOTAT: Aviation memories oral history project

By: Tredrea, Edgar Herbert Mervyn, 1917-

Reference: OHInt-0767-16

Description: Interview with Eddie (Edgar) Tredrea, born in New Plymouth in 1917. Talks about his experience at TEAL (Tasman Empire Airlines Limited) and Air New Zealand. Refers to starting work for TEAL in 1946 after he was dischared from the Air Force where he had been flying Catalinas. Comments on flying various flying boats before transferring to land planes when DC6s were introduced in 1954, and later flying Lockheed Electras, DC8s and DC10s. Discusses his career in training and the development of flight safety systems, beginning with writing check lists and duty manuals for each crew member, and the introduction of full training manuals with the DC6s. Refers to becoming training captain for DC6s and Electras. Discusses lengths of runways, tyres, stall speeds, wind sheer and all-weather landings. Comments on the development of landing procedures with respect to rate of descent, checking altimeters, speed, alert systems, and collision avoidance systems. Mentions that the technical requirements became more complicated with the introduction of jets, and the development of cockpit safety procedures for all new aircraft. Discusses developments in equipment and instruments to aid landing particularly electronic aids. Talks about training pilots in simulators and being a simulator instructor for DC10s. Refers to visits to Los Angeles to work on procedures to fly DC8s in and out of American fields. Talks about various accidents and their causes, including the Erebus disaster. Describes evaluating aircraft operations in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, including landing systems, organisation, engineering, building runways on ice surfaces, and reporting requirements for planes in whiteouts. Mentions his advisory role for the upgrading of aiports at Wellington and Nadi, being technical director of Auckland Airport planning in the 1960s, and the politics of runway extension. Reflects on serving on various international bodies concerned with aircraft safety and operation and the refinement of safety procedures over the years. Abstracted by - Jean Ford Interviewer(s) - Bill Rayner Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014173, OHC-014174, OHC-014175, OHC-014176, OHC-014177 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (54 kilobytes). 1 digital photograph(s) (582 kilobytes, jpeg). 1 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s) (8.4 Megabytes, tiff). 4.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5131, OHDL-000250. Digital photograph of Captain Eddie Tredrea at the hangar, Sir Keith Park Memorial site (KPM) at Museum of Transport Technology & Social History (MOTAT), 2004 (MOTAT photograph). Scanned image of black and white photograph of F/O Jim Collins, N/O Ron Wilson Walker and Capt. Ed. Tredrea in DC6 Cockpit area. Search dates: 1917 - 1946 - 2004 - 1982

Date: Nov 1940

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: DA-00667-F

Description: New Zealand airmen, led by Pine Takarangi, rehearse shipboard haka on arrival at Vancouver for training in the Empire Air Training Scheme. Taken in November 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 27 Nov 1940

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: DA-00661-F

Description: New Zealand airmen giving shipboard haka on arrival at Vancouver for training in the Empire Air Training Scheme. Taken on 27 November 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Between 1940-1942]

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: DA-01213-F

Description: Empire pilots, including New Zealanders, at an advanced training school for the RAF in Egypt. Taken between 1940 and 1942 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1940]

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: DA-01190-F

Description: NZ pilots inspect a Spitfire at the Royal Canadian Bombing and Gunnery School. Taken circa 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Between 1940-1942]

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: DA-01215-F

Description: Briefing bomber crews, which include New Zealanders, Canadians, Rhodesians, Australians and men from the British Isles, at an advanced training school for the RAF in Egypt. Taken between 1940 and 1942 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Between 1940-1942]

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: DA-01216-F

Description: RAF members of the ground staff holding down the tail of an aircraft while the engine is being revved up during advanced training in Egypt. Taken between 1940 and 1942 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 27 Nov 1940]

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: DA-00662-F

Description: Pine Takarangi who led the haka on the arrival of NZ airmen in Vancouver for training in the Empire Air Training Scheme. Taken circa 27 November 1940 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 1940

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: DA-01323-F

Description: Modern fighter planes on the tarmac at an aerodrome in the desert where Empire airmen are trained. Taken in 1940 by an offical photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative