• Title
  Hood Collection part II, Box 058, nos. 021-037 : Adastra De Havilland Moth and RAAF Wapitis at air show, Bathurst; Desoutter and Moths, Mascot; Short Challenger, Rose Bay
• Call number
  ON 204/Box 58/no. 21-37
  
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  1930-1938
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  401985
• Physical Description
  5 negatives - 10 x 13 cm or smaller - glass
  12 negatives - 10 x 13 cm or smaller - film
  
• Scope and Content
  21. Adastra Flying School De Havilland Moth of Follett and Hammond at air show, Bathurst, probably 1930
  22-23. RAAF Westland Wapitis fly over air show and Ford car, Bathurst, 1930 (?)
  24. Koolhoven FK 41, Mascot (?)
  25. DH 60G Moth VH-UIC of C. G. Cooke and DH 60M Moth VH-ULO of Civil Aviation, Mascot (?)
  26-28. Imperial Airways Short S.23/30 'Challenger' arrives in Sydney, Rose Bay, probably 1938
  29-30. Launch '[indecipherable] Enid' ferries passengers to the wharf from 'Challenger'
  31-33. Passengers land
  34. Reporter interviews passenger
  35. Postman with official air mail
  36-37. Spectators crowd the shore
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Applies to ON 204/Box 58/nos. 21-25
  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 58/nos. 26-37
• 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
• General note
  
  Reference: Flypast: a record of aviation in Australia by Neville Parnell and Trevor Boughton, AGPS, Canberra, 1988 (Q629.1300994/2)
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Original Hood box unnumbered (quarter plate and 4 x 5 in.)
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  ON 204/Box 58/no. 35 previously identified as a Cirrus III Desoutter
• Name
  Adastra Flying School
  Australia. Royal Australian Air Force
  Challenger (seaplane)
  Imperial Airways
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  Spectators.
  
• Topic
  air forces
  air shows
  airlines
  airmail
  De Havilland DH 60 Moth (biplanes)
  Ford Model A (cars)
  launches
  passengers
  postmen
  reporters
  Short Empire Flying Boat (seaplanes)
  Westland Wapiti (biplanes)
  Koolhoven (aeroplanes)
  
• Place
  Bathurst (N.S.W.)
  Flying Boat Base (Rose Bay, N.S.W.)
  Mascot (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20800545

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