[To Leslie Birch regarding radio contact for forthcoming Southern Cross TransTasman flight]

Maker and role
John Stanley Warburton Stannage, Author
Production date
20 Dec 1932
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Object detail

Accession number

04/001/065

Maker

John Stanley Warburton Stannage

Description

Letter from John Stannage, radio operator on the Southern Cross aircraft. Mentions interest in the upcoming Tasman flight; writes about difficulties with reception on the Southern Cross aircraft; equipment of aircraft; talks about qso on beach; keeping in contact with Birch for weather updates, visibility and last minute word with Kingsford Smith's brother; and managing unnecessary messages during the flight.

Signature/Marks and Type

"John S. W. Stannage" -on second leaf. Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

2 leaves ; 26 x 20.5 cm

Record level

Item

Collection

Leslie Birch Collection

Credit line

John Stanley Warburton Stannage. 20 Dec 1932. [To Leslie Birch regarding radio contact for forthcoming Southern Cross TransTasman flight], 04/001/065. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Correspondence Letter Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Sydney New South Wales Australia

Subject: all levels

Amateur radio stations Flight radio operators Stannage, John Southern Cross (Airplane) Radio in aeronautics

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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Name/Title: [Letter thanking Athol Attwood] Maker: John Stanley Warburton Stannage Production date: 21 Jul 1936 Accession number: MSS-2019-82 See full details

Related topics

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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