Kōrero: Garden, Oscar

Oscar Garden astride his De Havilland 60 Gipsy Moth, England, 1930

Oscar Garden astride his De Havilland 60 Gipsy Moth, England, 1930

Oscar Garden left Croydon Airport, England, on 16 October 1930 on his first solo flight from England to Australia. Essential items, such a spare propeller, were lashed to the fuselage.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Margareta Gee Collection (PAColl-6298)
Reference: 1/2-181953-F

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Margareta Gee and Stephen Berry. 'Garden, Oscar', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/5g4/garden-oscar (accessed 24 April 2024)