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The airport takes its name from the local pioneer aviator, Richard Pearse, who allegedly flew in powered flight before the Wright Brothers.The airport is a small regional airport with one gate, one asphalt runway and two grass runways.
Richard Pearse Airport 27 m (89 ft) 1,280 m (4,199 ft) ... Map of airports in New Zealand with scheduled air services. See also. Transport in New Zealand;
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Reverted to civilian use as Richard Pearse Airport. RNZAF Waitaki: Otago: Now Oamaru Airport. RNZAF Ranfurly Otago: RNZAF Cromwell Otago: RNZAF Hillside: Otago: 1939 1940 The Hillside Railway Workshops are still occupied by KiwiRail, the successor to New Zealand Railways. RNZAF Taieri: Otago: 1939 1959 Reverted to civilian use as Taieri ...
Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.
Port cities in New Zealand (17 P) K. ... Pages in category "Ports and harbours of New Zealand" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
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