This is a considerably expanded version of what I posted to an earlier thread. The images are 1000 pixels width and there are many more of them.
Here are some photographs of TEAL's flying-boat operations at Evans Bay in Wellington between 1950 and 1954. There are also some images of Imperial Airways' S.23 Empire flying-boat “
Centaurus” at Wellington on New Year's Eve 1937 and New Year's Day 1938, plus a couple of photographs of TEAL's S.30 Empire 'boat ZK-AMA “
Aotearoa” visiting Wellington in 1940. Also some photographs of BOAC's Short S.25 Hythe-class flying-boat G-AGJL “
Hobart” during a visit to Wellington in February 1946.
Most of these photos were taken by photographers from Wellington's
Evening Post newspaper, although some came from other sources including Whites Aviation. High-resolution copies of all images are available online from The National Library of New Zealand. Click on each individual photograph to view the source and a photo caption. Note that the dates on some of the captions at the National Library website are inaccurate.
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On 31st December 1937, Wellington received a visit from Imperial Airways Short S.23 Empire flying-boat “
Centaurus” (commanded by Captain John Burgess) as seen here at the Port of Wellington, with the crew welcomed ashore, then the flying-boat was watched by spectators while taxiing past Point Jerningham on Wellington Harbour. “
Centaurus” was enroute to Lyttleton Harbour.
