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Flying in the 1930s

Flying in the 1930s

This view of the interior of an aircraft, possibly a de Havilland Express, gives a sense of the surroundings domestic air travellers would have experienced in the 1930s.

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Auckland Libraries, Auckland Aero Club Collection

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Peter Aimer, Aviation – The main trunk route, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6579/flying-in-the-1930s (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Peter Aimer, published 2 March 2009.

Comments

Janic Geelen
27 February 2012
The aircraft is a DH 86 Express operated by Union Airways. You can tell by the twp diagonal metal struts in the cabin. Check Moths Majora and Minors book for a near identical photo. Janic Geelen