IMAGE
Biplanes lined up at Sockburn Aerodrome, Christchurch
- Date
- 1924
- Reference
- Pan-1424-F
- Description
Eleven military biplanes lined up on the ground at Sockburn Aerodrome. They include Bristol F2B Fighters, Avro 504K, De Havilland DH.9 and DH.4 airplanes. Plane identifications (where visible) include G-NZAE, G-NZAH (Firefly) and J, in row nearest camera; and E 3137, H.1966, in second row. Row of military officers and officials standing in front of the machines. Possibly relates to the establishment of a permanent NZ Air Force at Sockburn after Henry Wigram signed over the assets of the Canterbury Aviation Company to the government. See article on internet: www.teara.govt.nz/en/aviation/page-3). Photograph taken in 1924 by Robert Percy Moore.
Refer also Pan-2107
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No. 531 Sockburn Aerodrome Christchurch N.Z. 1924; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Sockburn [Aerodrome]. Christchurch
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Panoramic negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Panoramic negative
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