Inscription on reverse reads: “Len Mangin gave plane rides for 5/-. Mrs Mangin was the mechanic. Outside Foxton Beach P O Store”.

Len Mangin stands with his hand agains the propellor of a plane. Information on reverse of the photograph states that Len Mangin gave plane rides for 5/-. Mrs Mangin was the mechanic. This photograph was taken outside the Foxton Beach Post Office Store.

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Aeroplane which landed in paddock Totara Park Road 1926. A group of women with two boys stand beside the left wingof the aircraft.

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First plane to land in Shannon, c.1920. This photograph shows several people around the biplane on the old Shannon racecourse, which was on the western side of Margaret Street.

Information in the book “From Bush & Swamp”, page 81, below the caption of photo s2002.053.0003 giving joy rides to locals, states: “An earlier landing of a homebuilt plane by Len Mangham on the old racecourse, almost ended in disaster, when it clipped the rear end of a cow; the pilot was not injured, and the plane only slightly damaged, but the cow, who lost her tail in the mishap, had to be put down.”

1 B&W photo print, copy (plus 2 copies)

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Biplane giving joy rides to locals, c.1920 in this photograph the biplane is in a paddock surrounded by people.

This photograph was used in the book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 81, with the caption: “Shannon entered the age of air travel about 1920, when this plane took locals for joy rides from Ewan Barber’s property on Otauru Road. Jack Humphries was the first Shannon child to have a ride in the plane, and had to wait until the last trip of the day, as he was only paying half fare.”

1 B&W postcard

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