Air Force Museum Blog AllExhibitionsStoriesCollectionsFrom our Reading Room Collections Military Headgear Conservation Headgear, usually in the form of hats, helmets or headdresses, has long been part of military dress, fulfilling roles of protection, insulation, identification and decoration. For civilians too, the wearing of hats in public was practically ubiquitous until well into the 20th Century, and hatters and milliners did a... 23/04/2018 Stories The Last Great Air Race: London to Christchurch 1953 65 years ago, the RNZAF took part in what would be the last of the world’s great air races – and narrowly averted disaster. Cover of the RNZAF’s Contact magazine from October 1953, featuring an illustration of the Harewood Gold Cup - the first place prize for the 1953 International... 01/10/2018 Education A girl called Anne Around mid-May I received a text message from a friend of mine. She told me she had signed us up to be tour guides for the Anne Frank exhibit that would be coming to Christchurch. At first, I was not particularly interested and didn’t want to take part however... 20/09/2018 Collections Reflecting on wartime rationing Sliding open my wardrobe door, and wading through drawers of clothes I find myself making that cliché comment, “I have nothing to wear, I need to go shopping”. This is usually followed by guilt, as actually I am really lucky to have a range of clothes, say, compared to... 24/08/2018 From our Reading Room “Send for the Artist…” by Paul Harrison with Maurice Conly Wing Commander Maurice Conly was the first and only official artist appointed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and we hold much of his work in our collection. “Send for the Artist…” is his story, as narrated to and written by Squadron Leader Paul Harrison, RNZAF. “Send for... 21/08/2018 Air Force,Stories The arrival of the Southern Cross at Wigram Until 1928, only two overseas flights had arrived in Australia and none at all in New Zealand. That changed when Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew of the aircraft Southern Cross landed at Wigram on 10 September 1928. Our guest blogger, Brian Lockstone of the Aviation Historical Society of... 08/08/2018
AllExhibitionsStoriesCollectionsFrom our Reading Room Collections Military Headgear Conservation Headgear, usually in the form of hats, helmets or headdresses, has long been part of military dress, fulfilling roles of protection, insulation, identification and decoration. For civilians too, the wearing of hats in public was practically ubiquitous until well into the 20th Century, and hatters and milliners did a... 23/04/2018 Stories The Last Great Air Race: London to Christchurch 1953 65 years ago, the RNZAF took part in what would be the last of the world’s great air races – and narrowly averted disaster. Cover of the RNZAF’s Contact magazine from October 1953, featuring an illustration of the Harewood Gold Cup - the first place prize for the 1953 International... 01/10/2018 Education A girl called Anne Around mid-May I received a text message from a friend of mine. She told me she had signed us up to be tour guides for the Anne Frank exhibit that would be coming to Christchurch. At first, I was not particularly interested and didn’t want to take part however... 20/09/2018 Collections Reflecting on wartime rationing Sliding open my wardrobe door, and wading through drawers of clothes I find myself making that cliché comment, “I have nothing to wear, I need to go shopping”. This is usually followed by guilt, as actually I am really lucky to have a range of clothes, say, compared to... 24/08/2018 From our Reading Room “Send for the Artist…” by Paul Harrison with Maurice Conly Wing Commander Maurice Conly was the first and only official artist appointed by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and we hold much of his work in our collection. “Send for the Artist…” is his story, as narrated to and written by Squadron Leader Paul Harrison, RNZAF. “Send for... 21/08/2018 Air Force,Stories The arrival of the Southern Cross at Wigram Until 1928, only two overseas flights had arrived in Australia and none at all in New Zealand. That changed when Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew of the aircraft Southern Cross landed at Wigram on 10 September 1928. Our guest blogger, Brian Lockstone of the Aviation Historical Society of... 08/08/2018
