More Info →In front of ‘Manawatu’ (Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ) onboard the TSS Monowai, Wellington

Description

As part of their centenary celebrations, the City of Melbourne organised an Air Race from London to Melbourne. The Manawatū entrants, Squadron-Leader Malcolm MacGregor, the then local instructor, and H. C. Walker, first 'A' licensee trained by the Club, finished in fifth place. Their Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ was the first single-engine machine to reach Australia and they were also the first of 'Handicap Only' competitors. H. C. Walker provided an account of the race in Middle Districts Aero Club: 1928-1978 Jubilee publication (1978). From left: Len Mangham, Clarence Aitken, Robert McGaffin, Laura Stannard, Robert Tanner, Mac McGregor, Johnny Walker, Herbert Edmunds, Ernest Barnett, John Smillie.

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F7_039259

Archive

Manawatū District Aero Club

Relation

CA: Manawatū District Aero Club, Series 6, Folder 7

Date

November 1934

Digitisation ID

2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F7_039259

Format

B&W print

Held In

"Community Archives"