| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | No Reg |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Canterbury Aviation Biplane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Canterbury Aviation Biplane |
| Aircraft Version: | Canterbury Aviation Biplane |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Wigram (closed)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: NZWG IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | January 1919 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 451685 |
| Photo Comment |
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Built by the Canterbury Aviation Company at Sockburn (later Wigram) aerodrome. First flight at the hands of the company CFI C.M. Hill took place on January 17, 1919. Hill was killed in the aircraft on February 1 when the wings failed while performing aerobatics over the Riccarton racecourse not far from Sockburn. Hill became the first person killed in an aeroplane accident in New Zealand. The first aviation death had been a balloonist in 1899. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand This photo was added on 7 April 2022, and has since been viewed 364 times. |