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English: Richard Pearse appears to have successfully flown and landed a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, some nine months before the legendary first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight of the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903.

The Plaque at the Base of the Monument Reads:

Richard William Pearse 1877 - 1953

New Zealand's Pioneer Aviator

This monument commemorates the first powered flight to be made by a British citizen in a heavier than air machine.

Most evidence indicates this flight took place on 31st March 1903 and ended by crashing on this site.
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Camera location44° 12′ 28.87″ S, 171° 07′ 23.64″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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