On Main South Road – demanding the attention of all that drive by – stands a memorial, acknowledging the 50th anniversary of the formation of the New Zealand Air Force. It was erected on the 14th June 1978. The first foundations were laid in 1917 by the Canterbury Aviation Company – that was beginning of …
At 11.30am on the 21.11.1967, a Bristol Freighter ZK-AYM of Straits Air Freight Express was flying over Christchurch, heading towards the airport. Aboard was the airline’s founder and General Manager Thomas O’Connell, Operations Manager, Captain Robert Hamilton, First Officer Helge Torgersen and James McLaggan. At 11.33am, these men lost their lives as their plane crashed …
