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Recently visited the re-newed Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland (NZ)

Compared to the old situation ,its has much improved.

Main exhibits inside are the Lancaster ,Mosquito ,A-4 Skyhawk ,Hudson Lo-10 and P-40 and a nice selection De Havillands.

Unfortunatly stored outside is the Shorts Sunderland and Shorts Solent ,Dakota ,PV-2 and Lodestar.
No luck this time on open restoration shops ,so perhaps next time more luck.

I have uploaded a set on Yahoo : http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzCmLHD (54 photo's in all)

5 samples :

LANCASTER MR.VII ,WU-13 (RAF \"ND752 PB457")


SUNDERLAND MR.V ,NZ4115 (RNZAF)


A-4K SKYHAWK ,NZ6206 (RNZAF)


MOSQUITO FB.40 ,NZ2305 (NZAF)


OVERVIEW MOTAT


Yahoo Photoset http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzCmLHD (54 photo's in all)
Click on the photo on the Yahoo page and go the the lightroom page with the dark background and scroll down the set


I will add some more uploads later


enjoy the photoset

Johan

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Preserved Aircraft ,Warbirds ,Propliners ,Classic jets and long forgotten Airshows Photos
Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/
Photoset Page : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets/

The plan was that the flying boats would be moving into the hangar in the next few months (appropriate parts of the wall are removable for this reason), and various exhibits will be hung off the roof. Since those photos they have shuffled around the layout to a different temporary setup (in preparation for more items to come over from the restoration hangar, and new airframes). And it has been decided that a large plastic open-ended framed 'tent' will be extended from the hangar, and the flying boats will be worked on under it.

Thanks Johan, Errol. I was lucky enough to visit in January, and I was very impressed. Having travelled a fair ammout to different aircraft museums, I'd say that MoTaT has achieved a remarkable level of 'bang for their buck' here, and it's one of the great collections, now presented to a standard that reflects the collection's importance.

Regards,

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

Thanks James

Indeed a major improvement.
reagrding to the replies ,Hopefully we will see another improvement as the flying boats will move in ,or added in an addtional `tent`
The Sunderland has been outside more than a few years now .It deserves a roof now

Regards
Johan

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Preserved Aircraft ,Warbirds ,Propliners ,Classic jets and long forgotten Airshows Photos
Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/
Photoset Page : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets/

I´ve updated my photoset from MOTAT with a few scans from 1998.

They show the remarkable improvement of the museum display .

Although most new scans are made in the restoration facility.
In 1998 ,the main museum building was basicly too dark for photos.

5 samples out of 21 updates


SOLENT IV ,ZK-AMO (TEAL)


AUSTER J\1B ,ZK-BWH ("RNZAF NZ1708")


RB-34 LEXINGTON ,NZ4600 (RNZAF)


LANCASTER MR.VII ,WU-13 (RAF \"ND752 PB457")

And not seen recently is the real Lockheed 10A Zk-AFD


LOCKHEED 10 ELECTRA ,ZK-AFD

Main photo set (includes old scans and recent visit) http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzCmLHD

Click on the yahoo photopage on the photo to go to the lightroom page (with the dark background) and scroll down the set

Enjoy

Johan

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Preserved Aircraft ,Warbirds ,Propliners ,Classic jets and long forgotten Airshows Photos
Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/
Photoset Page : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvdac/sets/