Oscar Garden, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Oscar Garden

Aviator, horticulturist

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1903

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1997

Profession: aircraft pilot, horticulturist

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Oscar Garden (21 August 1903–2 June 1997) was a New Zealand aviator and horticulturist.
He was born in Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland on 21 August 1903.
On 16 October 1930, he embarked on a flight from an aerodrome in London, England, to Wyndham Aerodrome in Western Australia.
Before the 18-day flight in a second-hand De Havilland Gypsy Moth, he had only 40 hours' solo flying experience.
He flew in concert with Mrs Victor Bruce from Jask, Iran, to Rangoon, Burma, part of her record-setting air-sea circumnavigation.Garden later went on to become chief pilot and operations manager of Tasman Empire Airways Limited, the forerunner to Air New Zealand.