Group of the first nine graduates of the Canterbury Aviation Company, in front of a Caudron aircraft. Sockburn Aerodrome.
L-R: JC Mercer (7), JE Stevens (3), EAF Wilding (1), CM Hill - Instructor, ET Sutherland (8), CJ McFadden (4), J Mackie - Engineer, HN Hawker (2), LA Limbrick (5), EJ Orr (6), R Brodie (9).
3/4 rear view of William Scotland's Caudron aircraft at the Christchurch Showgrounds.
This is believed to be the first aircraft to land in Christchurch.
Three men and a boy standing in front of a Canterbury Aviation Company Caudron in a hangar at Sockburn Aerodrome.
Bert Mercer (far right), Cecil Hill (second from right). John Mackie(?)
Two Canterbury Aviation Company student pilots (far right) with the Chief Flying Instructor Cecil Hill (second from left) and an Army Officer, in front of a Caudron at Sockburn Aerodrome.
Large group of 58 airmen and pilots with a dog mascot (Squadron photo?), posed in front of a Caudron(?) and a canvas hangar. Unknown date and location.
Image from the Neil Russell personal collection.
Caudron in flight over a stadium building. Believed to be in Christchurch.
Handwritten in the image "J.W.H. Scotland. | Rising at show grounds"
Portrait of Raukura Faith (Kura) Asquith, employed in the secretaries office of CW Hervey, wearing flying clothing and standing beside a Caudron before or after her flight over Christchurch. Sockburn Aerodrome.
Large crowd of people gathered around William Scotland's Caudron aircraft. Unknown location.
Believed to be Scotland, second from right, wearing helmet.
3/4 front view of William Scotland's Caudron aircraft at the Christchurch Showgrounds, before (after?) a flight between Timaru and Christchurch.
This is believed to be the first aircraft to land in Christchurch.
The first group of pilots to graduate from the Canterbury Aviation Company at Sockburn Aerodrome.
L-R: JE Stevens (3), EAF Wilding (1), HN Hawker (2), LA Limbrick (5), EJ Orr (6), CJ McFadden (4).
Numbers in brackets indicate order of graduation.
