"Aorangi" Dessouter Light Monoplane

Maker and role
T. H. Ashe, Maker
 Production date
1930?

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Accession number
1978.332.2
Maker
T. H. Ashe
Description
Drawing of the Aorangi, a Dessouter light monoplane used by H. L. Piper and C E Kay on the Croydon-Port Darwin-Sydney flight in February 1930. The airplane is flying left, at an angle. Aorangi is painted on the lower surface of the nose. Two figures are seated within the cockpit.
Marks
Croyden (Eng.) - Port Darwin - Sydney - flight
Desoutter light monoplane
"Aorangi"
4 cylinder - 105 H.P engine
Flight made by Messrs. H. L. Piper and C. E. Kay
February 1930.
Copy by T. H. Ashe, Onehunga
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Processed Material/Paper
Physical description
1 print (mounted) : black and white ;45 x 60 cm
Credit Line
T. H. Ashe. 1930?. "Aorangi" Dessouter Light Monoplane, 1978.332.2. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Production place
Onehunga
Auckland City
Auckland District
Auckland
New Zealand

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