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Arthur Wilkins' house, hangar and VH-UHL Farman 'Sport' biplane. [B 74005/6] • Photograph

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Summary

Arthur H. Wilkins' house, hangar, and VH-UHL Farman 'Sport' biplane on his airfield at Ackland Gardens (South Rd) S.A. With this biplane Arthur took aerial photos of 3,142 farms, stations and fruit blocks up until the 1939-45 War, with a converted 5"x4" Groflex Camera. Arthur Wilkins owned the aircraft for 12 years from 1934 to 1946.

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Physical description

Negative (black and white);
photograph (black and white print)
Photograph (black and white print), 20.3 x 25.4 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1936

Collection

Part of Edwardstown Collection

Subject

Wilkins, Arthur
VH-UHL (Airplane)
Biplanes -- South Australia -- Edwardstown
Airplanes -- South Australia -- Edwardstown
Gliders (Aeronautics) -- South Australia -- Edwardstown
Tiger Moth aeroplane
Edwardstown (S.A.)

Catalogue record

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General notes

See also D 8750(Misc) for papers relating to the Ackland Gardens airfield, including a plan of the landing ground, safety certificate book, and research paper and notes.

Digitisation information

Date

12/01/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,907 x 3,951 pixels (19.4 MP)

Size

58.19 MB

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