Story: West Coast region
Because of the lack of bridges and roads in South Westland, many settlements were isolated. Air travel was often the best way to get around, and it led to the first scheduled air service in New Zealand. Small planes landed on the beaches at low tide or on local airstrips. This is a Fox Moth biplane, owned by Air Travel (NZ), on the beach at Bruce Bay in 1935.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Whites Aviation Collection
Reference: WA-AVH-06-1; G
Photograph by Leo Lemuel White
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
