Photograph of Awarua landing in Auckland after delivery flight from England piloted by Oscar Garden.Unknown photographer, circa 3 April 1940. Robert Garden collection.
Oscar Garden and a group with his de Havilland Gipsy Moth, GAASA, Ashburton.
Photograph by Miller, W. H. (2 December 1930). Reference 232 04468. Reproduced courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Photograph of Captain Oscar Garden in his uniform as chief pilot for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd,1944. Reference number F – 191960-1/2. Reproduced courtesy of the Margareta Gee Collection,Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Oscar Garden at Whanganui on his tour. Published in Evening Post, 13 December 1930, page 17. Reference number N-P-2027-17. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington,
New Zealand.
Oscar Garden (right) with guide Tina (left) in front of his de Havilland Gipsy Moth aircraft at Rotorua,after his solo flight to Australia, 1930–1931. Reference number F – 181955-1/2. Reproduced courtesy of Margareta Gee Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Souvenir flight ticket exchanged for a flight in Kia Ora, while Oscar Garden was joyriding around New Zealand, 1931. Oscar Garden Collection, MSS-2018.21.8.0 10. Walsh Memorial Library, Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Pages of log book. The flights from Auckland to Sydney, and return, are illustrated. Note the term Special flight, code for a military reconnaissance for the NZDF. Oscar Garden Collection. MSS-2018-21.4.8 8. Walsh Memorial Library, Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
In 'Oscar Garden, A Tale of One Man's Love of Flying', his daughter Dr Annamaria Garden, takes a personal look at both her father's lone adventures, as well as his becoming chief pilot of TEAL, the forerunner of Air New Zealand during the flying-boat era. He was the fifth and the youngest pilot to navigate a solo journey between England and Australia. Oscar died in 1991, aged 93. Dr Garden spent the early years of her working life as an economist with Treasury in New Zealand and the UK, and is the author of six books in the field of management psychology.
