[de Havilland Gipsy Moth ZK-APB grounded in Kaitaia before the first one-day flight from North Cape to Bluff]

Object detail

Accession number

MSS-0178-1.2

Maker

Unknown Photographer

Description

Showing the grounded aircraft at 2.00am before departure. This flight by pilot Edgar Francis (known as "Teddy") Harvie and passenger Trevor Hunter set a record for the longest flight within New Zealand in a single day.

Marks

"D. H. Gipsy Moth ZK-ABP, Kaitaia / 2 a.m. 1/12/1933 just before departure" -on print verso. Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photographic print : black and white ; 13 x 20.5 cm

Credit Line

Unknown Photographer. 01 Dec 1933. [de Havilland Gipsy Moth ZK-APB grounded in Kaitaia before the first one-day flight from North Cape to Bluff], MSS-0178-1.2. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Kaitaia
Far North District
Northland
New Zealand

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Records Aeronautics New Zealand De Havilland DH 60 Gipsy Moth Harvie, Edgar Francis (Teddy), 1912-1985

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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