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On 31 January 1921, just months after making the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/9573715328">first airmail crossing between the North and South Islands</a>, Captain Euan Dickson flew the first regular airmail service flight in New Zealand. This first flight of the Canterbury Aviation Company’s new airmail service left Christchurch at 8 a.m., carrying several hundred letters to Ashburton and Timaru into the teeth of a south-westerly gale. Sir Henry Wigram had established the Canterbury Aviation Company as a private flying school in 1916. As New Zealand had no air force, the company trained pilots for service in Britain during the First World War, before turning to airmail. Mr C.H. Hewlett (who is possibly the man on the right in the photograph), was deputy chairman of Canterbury Aviation Co. at the time of these pioneering airmail flights and was keen to gain government support. (It is also possible that Euan Dickson is the man pictured on the right. The others are Pilot M W Buckley (centre) and mechanic Bill Hanington (left), alongside an Avro 504 K biplane). In 1923 the New Zealand government purchased the land and assets of the company for its newly formed air force. Renamed ‘Wigram’, the airfield was the RNZAF’s main training base until 1995. Archives Reference: AAME 8106 W5603 Box 115/ 11/8/237 <a href="https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22497941" rel="noreferrer nofollow">archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22497941</a> For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ</a> Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o Te Kāwanatanga Caption information from NZHistory: <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/new-zealands-first-regular-airmail-service-begins" rel="noreferrer nofollow">nzhistory.govt.nz/page/new-zealands-first-regular-airmail...</a> |
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