New Zealand National Airways Corporation :NZ NAC. New Zealand National Airways Corporation [Circular gummed label. ca 1950s?]. [Airline stickers and labels purchased. 1945-1970?]. Ref: Eph-A-AVIATION-Labels-03. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32196226
New Zealand National Airways Corporation. New Zealand National Airways Corporation :Norfolk Island; just 4 hours away by NAC. [Printed by] W&T Ltd [1947-1955]. Ref: Eph-D-AVIATION-1947-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/31985748
Mr Vorral, Director, NAC. 1947 Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-09131-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22620764
Fred Bennett, NAC steward. 1948. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-13846-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22298555
Mr Ransom, NAC (National Airways Corporation). 1947. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-09262-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22661597
Commander R E Overell, NAC pilot. 1947. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-09138-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22799333
R F Hoyle, NAC pilot. 1947. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-09130-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23038872
Mr S N Wiltshire, NAC pilot. 1947. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-09164-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22834600
NZ NAC ((National Airways Corporation) De Havilland Dominie 'Tui' bi-plane ZK-AKY at Omaka Airport, Blenheim, Marlborough Region. 1947. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-07033-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30657249
New Zealand National Airways Corporation. New Zealand National Airways Corporation :At your service. NAC. New Zealand National Airways Corporation [ca 1949]. Ref: Eph-E-AVIATION-NAC-1949-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22915307
Lodestar 'Korohia', NAC (National Airways Corporation) and airborne DC 3 airplanes, RAF (Royal Airforce), [Whenuapai airbase, Waitakere City, Auckland?]. 1949. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-19596-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22746834
NAC Poster. 1954 Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-29549-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23257414
Air Hostess Uniform 1959 Summer 006 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Air Hostess Uniform 1959 Summer 005 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Air Hostess Uniform 1959 Summer 007 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Air Hostess Uniform 1959 Winter 003 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
NAC staff 1956. Photo: V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection
NAC aircraft at Whenuapai. 1965. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-03728-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22457828
Female models posing with a National Airways Corporation (NAC) plane. 1956. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1956/0835-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22884971
Newmans and New Zealand National Airways Corporation building. Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970 :Architectural photographs. Ref: DW-0859-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23151002
Air Hostess Uniform 1965 Gold 003 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Air Hostess Uniform 1970 Lollipop 002 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Air Hostess Uniform 1970 Lollipop 005. Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Air Hostess Uniform 1975 Red and Blue 002 Photo: Archives New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0)
New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1975. NAC Safe Air Planes. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives. Ref: 1/2-216043-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23226447
Aircraft in flight. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives. Ref: 1/2-224115-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22693088
NAC 737 over the Canterbury coast at dawn. Credit: Mannering and Associates, Walsh Memorial Library, MOTAT
The National Airways Corporation presided over the golden age of air travel in New Zealand, flying passengers around the country in everything from canvas biplanes to trusty DC3s to the first jet airliners.
Hear the stories of some of those who served with the company before it was controversially merged with Air New Zealand in 1978.
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