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- The RNZAF Museum is believed to have come into existence approximately on the 25th of June 1975, when approval was given for a museum to be established at RNZAF Base Wigram to record the history of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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The Air Force Museum of New Zealand had its origins in the RNZAF Historical Centre, established at RNZAF Base Wigram in 1976. This was a small-scale, part-time venture, until 1981 when a formal Air Force Order established the RNZAF Museum as an official Air Force unit, staffed by uniformed Air Force personnel.
The RNZAF Museum is believed to have come into existence approximately on the 25th of June 1975, when approval was given for a museum to be established at RNZAF Base Wigram to record the history of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Feb 2, 2024 · On 26 February 1949, RNZAF Station Wigram was transformed into a full-blown race circuit for the first time. In an extract from Wigram, The Birthplace on Military Aviation in New Zealand, Bee Dawson tells the tale of how a one-off race soon became the Lady Wigram Trophy, and a New Zealand motor racing legend.
May 23, 2023 · Personnel re-oiling an Avro 504k at Wigram aerodrome, circa 1930s. Christchurch’s Air Force Museum of New Zealand is about to celebrate 100 years since the birth of New Zealand military aviation at Wigram itself.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand had its origins in the RNZAF Historical Centre, established at RNZAF Base Wigram in 1976. This was a small-scale, part-time venture, until 1981 when a formal Air Force Order established the RNZAF Museum as an official Air Force unit, staffed by uniformed Air Force personnel.