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Crowd of people around a De Havilland DH89 Rapide plane, ca 1930s-1940s

from National Library NZ on The Commons

  • Robert Foster said:
    Health and safety would have a heart attack now.
  • Dai777 said:
    MORE INFO →DH89 Dragon Rapide ZK ACO "Tainui", The aircraft was named the “Tainui” after one of the canoes in the Maori migration to New Zealand. It carried the first all-through air mail from England to New Zealand, with covers being stamped at Mildenhall, Melbourne and Palmerston North. Squadron Leader J D Hewitt, Flying Officer C E Kay and Frank Steward were the first to fly between Great Britain and New Zealand. The official time for the flight was 12hrs 9min, and the average speed was about 130mph. (Manawatu Heritage)

Interior of De Havilland aircraft factory, Rongotai, Wellington, 1939 or 1940

from National Library NZ on The Commons

  • defiant tooth said:
    fantastic piece of history!!!
  • Peter Castoldi said:
    Wow - This is fantastic! I remember learning about the glass plate photography - difficult to get the negative, takes some skill. I believe it was called Collodian Wet Plate?
  • National Library NZ on The Commons said:
    Hi Peter According to our catalogue record, this is a dry plate negative - according to this website dry plate techniques made taking photographs simpler than earlier wet plate techniques. -- Courtney
  • Peter Castoldi said:
    Ah, thank-you for the clarification. It is greatly appreciated.