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Description: Aviation had its ups and downs:

Levin saw its first aeroplane on October 5, 1920, when an Avro 504K flew overhead on a trip from Petone to Wanganui.

A common sight around Levin during World War II – the Airspeed Oxford.

A number of plywood dummy aircraft were also parked on the Levin airfield to fool the enemy into thinking our aircraft numbers were greater than in fact they were.

Photograph of souvenir air ticket of flight in Avro-Avian, 1929. Issued to M.C. Dimock, 17-6-29, for 1 pound & 10 shillings.

Piper J3 Cub visiting Levin about early 30s.

Kingsford Smith's plane, "Southern Cross", at Tararua Road airstrip 1932.

Contains:

Levin's first aeroplane
Mr F. C. Swanwick
Captain Richard Russell
The Walsh Brothers
Francis Chichester
Tararua Air Strip
Charles Kingsford Smith
Levin Aero Club
Dr S. J. Thompson
Kimberley Air Station
Mr J. Thurston's

Lions 21 this year:

The Levin Lions Club was formed in Levin at a committee meeting held in the office of the late Mr G. H. Sorenson, at 5.30pm on December 5, 1960.

Contains:

The Levin Lions Club
Mr G.H. Sorenson
Mr Finis E. Davis
Mr E. W. Wise
Mr A. McCready
Mr Leon Gotz
Mr Horace Kirk

	A common sight around Levin during World War II – the Airspeed Oxford. A number of plywood dummy aircraft were also parked on the Levin airfield to fool the enemy into thinking our aircraft numbers were greater than in fact they were.
	Photograph of souvenir air ticket of flight in Avro-Avian, 1929. Issued to M.C. Dimock, 17-6-29, for 1 pound & 10 shillings.
	Piper J3 Cub visiting Levin about early 30s.
	Kingsford Smith's plane, "Southern Cross", at Tararua Road airstrip 1932.