The first plane to land in the Nelson region touched down on 11 November 1921. The flight was organised by Thomas Newman, who ran the local coach and service-car company. The plane was an Avro 504 – a converted First World War aircraft which had flown from Wellington and had landed in Marsden's paddock at Stoke. The pilot was Thomas Newman and the accompanying aviator was Philip Fowler.
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First aeroplane to fly into Nelson area
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Archive
- P K Fowler
- Relation
- CA: P K Fowler
- Date
- November 11, 1921
- Digitisation ID
- 2019Pa_Fowler-S3E3_026120
- Format
- B&W print
- Held In
- Community Archives
Taxonomy
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