tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post6437566324618349648..comments2024-03-27T23:23:10.995+13:00Comments on 3rd Level New Zealand: The Oxford Freighters - Gould's Air Freight Steve Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-36550414767510318772022-07-14T17:01:28.734+12:002022-07-14T17:01:28.734+12:00An excellent read indeed! 110 Oxfords...I'd lo...An excellent read indeed! 110 Oxfords...I'd love just the one!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-61046642759496408562022-07-10T21:36:47.467+12:002022-07-10T21:36:47.467+12:00Also note in the background of one of the photos i...Also note in the background of one of the photos is a C47 used by the US Air Attache in New Zealand. It continued with the USAF in the Asia-Pacific until 1972 when it was handed over to the South Vietnamese Air Force. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062827732304406598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-73127427219770056092022-07-10T21:24:30.000+12:002022-07-10T21:24:30.000+12:00That was a really good read. Its a shame the Oxfor...That was a really good read. Its a shame the Oxfords weren't taken up by NAC, although i guess with the surplus of DC3's, Lodestars, and DH89's the need for any more smaller aircraft was probably not that highAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062827732304406598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-62371555999387292022022-07-10T17:02:24.195+12:002022-07-10T17:02:24.195+12:00In early 1948 New Zealand National Airways Corpora...In early 1948 New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) decided to employ ground hostesses at its major destinations namely Auckland (Whenuapai), Wellington (Paraparaumu) and Christchurch (Harewood). Newly widowed Margaret Gould applied for a hostess job soon after Jack's death and she became the first NAC Ground Hostess and was based at Paraparaumu.Peter Laynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06887332669641913286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-45283325688535381022022-07-10T15:10:34.328+12:002022-07-10T15:10:34.328+12:00Thanks Steve, I enjoyed that immensely. A real man...Thanks Steve, I enjoyed that immensely. A real man of the Air! - JPMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com