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Brian Lockstone

Find articles written by Brian Lockstone using the links below. Articles are listed in descending order of publication

Front pages and Editorial Comment

December 2018
This is our final edition for the year and I take the opportunity to wish every member season’s greetings and best wishes for a bright new year in 2019.
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An 80th Anniversary

December 2018
This year, 2018, marks the centenary of the Armistice which ended the Great War. It also records another important anniversary: 80 years ago since the first flying training course was conducted by the new Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram, Christchurch. There were many important identities on the course, not the least of whom was Pilot Officer Sidney Weetman Rochford Hughes.
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Aloft and Afloat

December 2018
Graham Stewart is one of New Zealand’s foremost publishers His Grantham House label has produced several fine books including aviation subjects. He is best-known for his exhaustive knowledge of railway matters. In an earlier life he was first a very good newspaper photographer then illustrations editor for the esteemed New Zealand Herald when it was owned by Wilson & Horton Limited. From his library he has provided some fine illustrations of flying boats from the fleet of Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL).
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Record-setting in 1921

June 2018
The activities of the nine De Havilland DH9 light bombers given to New Zealand in 1920 under the Imperial Gift programme for Commonwealth countries have been covered extensively in a series of articles in several journals beginning in September 1964 (vol 7 no 8). The momentous Invercargill-Auckland flight by DH9 D3139 in 1921 was also recorded in the journal of November 1962 (vol 5 no 11).
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Operation Boston Blackie – the B-36's that never arrived

June 2018
Readers will wonder what this has to do with to do with New Zealand let alone the Aviation Historical Society? Well, had plans come to fruition, in 1955 Christchurch Airport (then known as Harewood) would have been home to a massive USAF operation involving nearly 300 servicemen, six B-36, several C-124 Globemasters, a Boeing Superfortress, specifically an SB-29 air-sea rescue version carrying a droppable A-3 lifeboat along with additional radio equipment, provisions, survival kits and extra crew. Support would be provided by USAF C-54 while the US Navy would provide two weather ships to be stationed along the track.
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FROM THE BOOKSHELF

June 2018
Seek & Destroy … the history of 3 Squadron RNZAF Auster – The Company and the Aircraft
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Editorial comment and Front Pages

June 2018
A new phase opens with this issue with production is now
in my hands with Hon Secretary Ron Ark alongside. Errol
Martyn1 has stood down as production editor, precipitating
the change. So, we lose his experience and I commence a
long learning climb.
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The First Handley Page Hastings to Visit New Zealand

December 2017
WHAT WAS PROBABLY the first genuine British post-war four-engined landplane transport to visit New Zealand would be the Handley Page C.1 Hastings TG503 which landed at Whenuapai on 25 April 1948 after a lengthy trip from the United Kingdom on a joint sales and testing expedition..
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Pan American Airways – The First Scheduled Services

December 2017
CAPTAIN EDWIN MUSICK’S DEATH, along with his crew, in the fiery crash of the Samoan Clipper on 10 January 1938 south of Pago Pago had a profound impact in New Zealand.
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Operation Handclasp II

December 2017
PERATION HANDCLASP II was the first major United States-New Zealand bilateral air force exercise after the Second World War and ran from 27 May to 1 June 1955.
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Editorial Comment

December 2017

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The Toll of the Air, Part 5 (1942-1945)

September 2017
New Zealand fatalities in civil aviation accidents since 1899 -New Zealand fatalities in civil aviation accidents since 1899
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Evolution of Squadron Markings 1950s to ‘60s, Part 2

September 2017
WITH THE ENTRY into service of the McDonnell Douglas A-4K and TA-4K Skyhawks in 1970, the RNZAF introduced a new squadron marking for 75 Squadron based on the red bands with yellow diamonds carried on the Vampires and a device based on the squadron’s badge...
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Editorial Comment

September 2017

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Cliff Jenks – An Appreciation

September 2017
On 6 AUGUST 2017 Cliff Jenks passed away at the age of 77 after a long, debilitating illness, carried stoically with his wife Monica and family. The aviation history world, and the society in particular, has lost one of its most notable figures. Cliff was the consummate historian with an eye for detail, for contradictions and above all facts...
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A Tasman Sea Forced Landing

September 2017
FOR SIX YEARS the two Tasman Empire Airways Limited Short S.30 flying boats ZK-AMA Aotearoa and ZK-AMC Awarua plied the Tasman Sea between Auckland and Sydney. The official first flight is celebrated as 30 April 1940 by Aotearoa but in fact the first revenue flight took place much earlier, on 13 October 1939.
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Pan American Airways System – The first New Zealand flights

December 2016
AUCKLAND’S WAITEMATA HARBOUR has witnessed some remarkable gatherings but few, even today, rival the events of 30 March 1937, when Captain Edwin C. Musick and his crew landed their Pan American Airways System Sikorksy S-42B Pan American Clipper NC16734 after their pioneering 6000-mile flight across the Pacific from San Francisco.
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The Douglas DC-6

June 2016
FOR MANY REASONS the Douglas DC-6 holds a special place in New Zealand’s airline history. It was the first land-based aircraft owned and operated by Tasman Empire Airways Limited, it was the first pressurized airliner in New Zealand service and took TEAL from the days when schedules were based on tides and the weather.
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The Canberra Controversy

March 2016
OCTOBER 1959 was a red-letter month for the Royal New Zealand Air Force. On the 28th the first four English Electric Canberra B.12 arrived at RNZAF Station Ohakea to be greeted by the Minister of Defence, Hon P. G. Connolly, DSC and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Malcolm F. Calder. This was a significant development. For the first time since the Second World War the Royal New Zealand Air Force had a current and effective aircraft type.
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Obituaries - Derek Woodhall, Ron Killick and Ron Fulstow

March 2016

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Editorial comment and Editor's Choice

March 2016

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Wings unfurled

November 2003
The development of airlines in New Zealand Brian Lockstone, MRAeS, considers the development of airlines in New Zealand.
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That Lockheed Electra Crash

July 1999
Brian Lockstone Gives The Wider Picture Of The Tragic Crash Of Kaka.
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Return To The Major League The RNZAF Steps Up To The Lockheed Martin F-16

February 1999

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Civil Duty - The 737's Political Career

September 1998

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Nac - A Brief History

May 1997

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The RNZAF At 60 Years

April 1997
Brian Lockstone Looks At The Future Of The RNZAF 60 Years On.
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RNZAF - Key Historical Events

April 1997

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Air New Zealand's half year profit

April 1997

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Rural recollections

October 1996
With the Rural Aviation reunion coming up, Brian Lockstone outlines the company with the aid of his own photos
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Air New Zealand makes it a record year

October 1974

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