L E Birch, with others in the radio room, New Plymouth aerodrome, in contact with the Southern Cross, Trans-Tasman flight

Maker and role
Raine and McArthur (Firm), Photographer
Production date
1933
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Object detail

Accession number

04/001/060

Maker

Raine and McArthur (Firm)

Production period

1930s

Description

Black and white original print. Image is of L E Birch, group of ham (amateur) radio operators at the New Plymouth aerodrome Radio Room, station ZL2HI. Operators are in contact with Charles Kingsford Smith in his Trans-Tasman flight in aircraft the Southern Cross.

Signature/Marks and Type

The [illegible] room in New Plymouth Aerodrome which was in direct communication with the Southern Cross on the trans Tasman flight from Australia to NZ Hand-written
Raine & McArthur 152 Willis Street Wellington Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photographic print : black and white ; 17 x 21.5 cm

Collection

Leslie Birch Collection

Credit line

Raine and McArthur (Firm). 1933. L E Birch, with others in the radio room, New Plymouth aerodrome, in contact with the Southern Cross, Trans-Tasman flight, 04/001/060. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Photograph Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Production place

New Plymouth District Taranaki New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Amateur radio stations New Zealand Radio Radio stations Radio operators New Plymouth (New Zealand) New Zealand Airports Southern Cross (Airplane) Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935 Ulm, Charles Thomas Philippe, 1898-1934

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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[Letter and invoice to Leslie Birch]; Raine and McArthur (Firm); 27 Feb 1933

Name/Title: [Letter and invoice to Leslie Birch] Maker: Raine and McArthur (Firm) Production date: 27 Feb 1933 Accession number: 04/001/062 See full details

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Name: Amateur Radio Operations Aid the 1933 Tasman Crossing by the Southern Cross Summary/Abstract: Aviation tours captured the imagination of the New Zealand public, with Tasman crossings increasingly carried out in the 1930s after the first successful crossing in 1928 by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In January 1933 Kingsford Smith made another crossing, flying between Sydney and New Plymouth in Fokker F.VII ‘Southern Cross’ with co-pilot Patrick Gordon Taylor and radio operator John Stannage. Subject category: Shortwave radio, Radio stations, Radio operators, Radio, Flight radio operators, Radio equipment, Southern Cross (Airplane), Fokker Tri-Motor F.VIIB-3M (Southern Cross) See full details

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