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Tiger Moth ZK-AFU
- Description
This photograph is from the Manawatū District Aero Club archives. The Manawatū Aero Club was established following a public meeting in November 1928, with the objective of promoting aviation in the district. In September 1937, they became the Middle Districts Aero Club after merging with the struggling Feilding Aero Club. The organization changed its name to the Manawatū District Aero Club in late 1983. In May 2016, the MDAC merged with the Manawatū Microlight Club, with the new incorporated society known as the Manawatū Aviation Club.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F1_039226
- Archive
- Manawatū District Aero Club
- Date
- circa 1938
- Digitisation ID
- In February 1938, the Middle Districts Aero Club acquired DH82A Tiger Moth ZK-AFU, worth almost £1400. Unfortunately, this aircraft was lost a year later on 17 February 1939 in a large fire which destroyed the clubhouse and twin hanger, along with aircrafts including the Porterfield ZK-AFS and two Tiger Moths (ZK-AFU and ZK-AGE).
- Format
- B&W print
- Held In
- "Community Archives"
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