Album relating to New Zealand aviation, 'Famous flights', 1934-1940

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Containers:
Folio-Box 121
Component identifier:
File 5
Content Summary:

This album is the second of two compiled by the same person, possibly Mr H D London of Queenstown.

It includes captioned photographs, and a small amount of correspondence, cuttings, ephemera relating to: Jean Batten; Cook Strait Airways Ltd; Union Airways Ltd; East Coast Airways; Air Travel (NZ) Ltd, Hokitika; Flying Officer C E Kay; 'A memorable meeting of two great pilots' - Captain J W Burgess (Great Britain) and Captain E C Musick (USA); Pan-American Airways 'Samoan Clipper' at Auckland; pre-World War II pilots, including G H Stedman and C E Kay; Wigram air base; Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Queenstown - Mount Cook Airways Ltd; New Zealand's first flying boat 'Aotearoa'.

Some photographs are signed by the subject.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn742484).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. Copying for research purposes is permitted for material created by E A and V I Crome. Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is generally permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material. Written permission to publish unpublished manuscript material must be obtained from the copyright holder(s).
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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