[1] Hamilton survived an airplane accident returning to Rongotai Airport (Wellington) in poor conditions on 19 February 1936.
The collision with the anemometer mast took the starboard wing off the fastest 'plane in the country, the Miles Falcon Six he was travelling in, and pilot Malcolm "Mac" McGregor died in hospital.
[4] In 1947 tourism pioneer Harry Wigley of Mount Cook airline fame commissioned him to design and build the first tow for the Coronet Peak Ski Field near Queenstown New Zealand's first commercial skifield.
[8] In the 1950s Hamilton set out to try to build a boat that could navigate the shallow fast flowing rivers where he lived.
He investigated the American Hanley Hydro-Jet, a model which drew in water and fired it out through a steerable nozzle underneath the boat.
[11] In the 1961 New Year Honours, Hamilton was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to engineering.