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31 January

New Zealand's first regular airmail service begins

1921 New Zealand's first regular airmail service begins

Piloted by Captain Euan Dickson, the 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. Read more...