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Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg now resides in Wigram after boundary change

Those voters come from a large area that includes Prebbleton and Templeton. This means that two-term Selwyn MP,…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/51045/

Here are a few quick edits of my favourite shots of the HER01 landing at Wigram today! 😍

More photos here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aligorith/albums/72177720323926365/

#Hercules #C130H #Wigram

Dark grey plane floating close to the ground, just over the top of a row of houses (a resthome) for a short grass-field landing. A crowd of onlookers stands in the foreground, close to the action

Grey plane surrounded in a long dust cloud trailing behind it, seconds after landing. Onlookers with bike helmets in the foreground

A crewmember unfurls a NZDF flag out the top hatch of a grey plane, while a crowd of onlookers lined up on the museum side looks on

_The Evening Post_, 14 September 1923:
AIR DEFENCE
NEW ZEALAND’S POLICY
NUCLEUS OF FORCE CREATED
INTENTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
New Zealand now possesses the nucleus of an air force, and as time goes on it is hoped that the force will be placed on a proper footing and take a leading part in the Dominion’s system of defence. To that end developments in other countries are being closely watched…. Recently, the formation of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force and New Zealand Air Force (Territorial), as part of the New Zealand Defence Forces, was gazetted. At present no definite organisation and establishments have been laid down, with the exception of that at "Wigram" Aerodrome, Sockburn, which, having recently been taken over by the Defence Department, is to constitute a training depot. For that purpose it has been staffed with a small permanent staff of two officers and six other ranks.
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… In the event of a seaplane base being established, however, permanent officers would be stationed there quite independently of the officers located at the Sockburn aerodrome.…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230914.2.88

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #AirForce #Defence #Aircraft #Aeroplanes #Wigram #Christchurch #Seaplanes #NewZealand

Black-and-white photo: Hobsonville from the air. Late 1920s. Photographers, Audrey and Doug Mill. Description: Aerial view of Hobsonville showing construction of hangars at the seaplane base. Citation: uckland Libraries Heritage Collections FDM-0333-G. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/46025

Black-and-white photo: Rapid progress being made with the establishment of New Zealand’s northern air base. 1929. Description: Showing two Fairey 111F floatplanes being assembled in the hangar at the Hobsonville aerodrome, Auckland. Citation: Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 4 December 1929, p. 38. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19291204-38-01. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/251304

_The Evening Post_, 5 June 1924:
ACROSS SOUTH ISLAND
OVER THE SOUTHERN ALPS BY
AEROPLANE
(BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
CHRISTCHURCH
4th June
Captain Buckley and Harrington, a mechanic, made a flight from #Greymouth this afternoon, landing at the #Wigram aerodrome at 4.10 p.m. Captain Buckley said that they had had a very good trip, although they were above the clouds when passing Mount Rolleston. After passing the mountain the aviators struck clear weather, being able to see the mouth of the Otira tunnel. At this time they were flying at an altitude of 8000 feet. After passing Arthur’s Pass they glided down to 6000 feet, at which height they continued the journey until near the Wigram aerodrome.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240605.2.115
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Aviation #Aeroplanes #SouthIsland #Christchurch #NewZealand

#wigram

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