Michael Fowler: East Coast aviation had colourful past
17 Feb, 2021 10:19 PM
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Art Deco era styled aeroplanes East Coast Airways Tui and Huia at the Embankment Aerodrome in 1935, with Napier Aero Club members and their glider.
Photo / Richard Waugh Collection
Hawkes Bay Today
The Hawke s Bay & East Coast Aero Club had kept the Hastings to Gisborne air route going since 1933, but that was about to change when a new company called East Coast Airways Limited was formed in June 1934.
Gisborne-based East Coast Airways wanted to raise £15,000 ($1.9 million) to purchase two British twin-engine de Havilland DH-84 Dragons aircraft to service the route between Gisborne s Darton Field and Napier s Embankment Aerodrome.
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