Solent Flying Boat Preservation Society oral history interview with Ray Gasparich
Maker and role
Ray Gasparich, Interviewee
John van Duivenboden, Interviewer
Solent Flying Boat Preservation Society, Commissioned by
Production date
01 Jul 1992
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Object detail
Accession number
07-581
Description
Oral history interview with Ray Gasparich covering his time working as an engineer and instructor for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL) and Air New Zealand. Describes his work as an apprentice during World War, 1939-1945, his specialisation in work on propellers of flying boats and land-based aircraft, and training courses he attended and taught.
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Physical description
2 sound cassettes (ca. 141 minutes) : analog.
Credit line
Ray Gasparich et al. 01 Jul 1992. Solent Flying Boat Preservation Society oral history interview with Ray Gasparich, 07-581. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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Subject: all levels
Interviews
Gasparich, Ray
Anecdotes
Tasman Empire Airways Limited
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Propellers
Aircraft motors
Anecdotes
Employees, Training of
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Museum of Transport and Technology
Anecdotes
Short Solent
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Maintenance and repair
Seaplanes
Anecdotes
New Zealand
Design and construction
Airplanes
Anecdotes
Employees
Sound recording and reproducing
New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force. Squadron 75
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