Winged history rests on the Waitemata

Object detail

Accession number

03/008/002

Maker

The Auckland Star

Description

Newspaper clipping.
The British flying boat Imperial Airways Centaurus and the American flying boat Pan-American Samoan Clipper shown side by side on Mechanic's Bay after making history during Christmas week by spanning the Tasman and Pacific Oceans

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 page : illustrations ; 42 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

The Auckland Star. 29 Dec 1937. Winged history rests on the Waitemata, 03/008/002. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

My shortlist

Classification

Clipping Clipping, Newspaper Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Aeronautics, Commercial Imperial Airways Limited Pan American Airways Short Empire Sikorsky S-42 Clipper <C> Sikorsky helicopters Musick, Edwin, Captain, 1894 -1938

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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