Wellington Airport Opening - 1954

[ZK-MAT]

I am not sure if this has been posted here before - some good footage of planes gone by and the development of NZWN.


Pictorial Parade No 94 (1959) Wellington Airport Opening: A survey of events over the years that have led to the opening of Wellington Airport. A triumph of engineering involving the removal of a hill into the sea, the airport cuts a bay-to-bay swathe across the capital's residential area. The film shows that as far back as 1913 New Zealanders were building and flying aircraft and that the old Rongotai airfield became inadequate for the growing traffic. It concludes with the spectacular air pageant that marked the official opening. Duration 13.40

Pictorial Parade No 94

[ZK-MAT]

The airshow from about 6 minutes in is awesome

[Ian Warren]

Lots of nerve to fly ... and listen to that piano player .. Wicked find Matt

[husker]

awesome - thnx for the link

[captainherc]

Thanks for the link. Bet the goverments of the day were not happy with damage caused. Was interesting that the music was well mixed. Was like watching the thunderbirds as music built with the dramatic fliying. Anothre link which is in keeping with last months screen shot comp winner.
http://www.ecasttv.co.nz/channel_detail.ph...el_id=60#player

Adrian.

[Timmo]

haha 6:30, the Sunderland gets a bit too low on her low level pass!

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Timmo @ Feb 7 2012,9:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

haha 6:30, the Sunderland gets a bit too low on her low level pass!

Yeah .. they had one hell of a opening day , the Vulcan and off course no what happened to this one on returning to the UK .. , Be great to check out those other links later on , thanks for that Adrian

[captainherc]

Ian. I found an old book on this opening. It is on its way to the museum.

[Ian Warren]

Thanks Matey , all the time off has given me a chance to sort and catagory many book and files and even some very brilliant naval photos .