• Title
  Hood Collection part II, Box 059, nos. 145-166 : Aviators and aviation, including RAAF DH-50A seaplane, 'Golden Wasp', 'Southern Cross Midget', Hinkler
• Call number
  ON 204/Box 59/nos. 145-166
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  1920-1934
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  402102
• Physical Description
  17 negatives - glass - 8 x 11 cm
  5 negatives - film - 8 x 11 cm
  
• Scope and Content
  145. Unidentified aviators, two in shorts, one in flying suit
  146-147. Unidentified man (with two other men and a woman) speaks into a microphone, Mascot, 1920s
  148-149. Unidentified biplane with rear seat in enclosed cabin
  150-154. RAAF DH-50A seaplane A8-1, Rose Bay (first RAAF aeroplane to fly beyond Australian territory when it flew to Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago, completed a 13,000 mile internal air route survey in 1927 and was written off after three years following a crash at Cootamundra in July 1929)
  155. Two unidentified pilots with DH 51 'Golden Wasp' registered as VH-UIM to Golden Aircraft, 28 July 1927
  156-160. Pilots with DH 50A G-AUAB first registered 31 July 1924 to the Civil Aviation Authority and later became VH-UAB 'Southern Cross Midget' of Purvis
  161-166. Arrival of Bert Hinkler in 'Avian Cirrus' (Avro Avian with Cirrus engine) (no. 165 includes J. J. Rouse), 26 August 1927
• Access Conditions
  
  Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to ON 204/Box 59/nos. 145, 148-155, 159-166
  This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to ON 204/Box 59/nos. 146-147, 156-158
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Titles, dates and contents lists in this series based on the Hood register with additional notes by Ted Hood
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Original Hood box unnumbered (quarter plate)
• Name
  Australia. Royal Australian Air Force
  Avian Cirrus (biplane)
  Golden Wasp (biplane)
  Hinkler, Bert, 1892-1933
  Rouse, J. J.
  Southern Cross Midget (biplane)
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  interiors
  airfields
  aviators
  Avro Avian (biplanes)
  De Havilland DH 60 Moth (biplanes)
  microphones
  seaplanes
  
• Place
  Mascot (N.S.W.)
  Rose Bay (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1457699

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