Auckland Libraries

This talk was originally scheduled to take place at the Avondale Library as part of Auckland Heritage Fesitval 2020. Join local historian Lisa Truttman as she goes back in time to when Avondale and its racecourse had a brief place in early aviation history. As Auckland experienced 'aeroplane fever' in 1913, young adventurers Frederick Esk Sandford and William Stanley Miller worked at perfecting their re-modelled biplane Manurewa No. 1 on the Avondale Racecourse. This is the 107-year anniversary of these incredible flights. Image: Showing Frederick Sandford and William Miller with their biplane at Avondale Racecourse, Auckland, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1370-8-1