Bert Mercer, the Glossary
James Cuthbert Mercer (16 September 1886 – 30 June 1944) was a pioneer New Zealand aviator, establishing the country's first commercial airline, Air Travel (NZ) Ltd, in 1934 based around services operating between Hokitika and settlements in South Westland.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Air Travel (NZ) Ltd, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Christchurch, De Havilland Dragon, De Havilland Fox Moth, Dunedin, Hokitika, Hokitika Cemetery, New Zealand National Airways Corporation, West Coast Region.
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in New Zealand
- Burials at Hokitika Cemetery
- Businesspeople from Dunedin
- New Zealand aviation pioneers
Air Travel (NZ) Ltd
Air Travel (NZ) Limited, a small airline based in Hokitika, was the first airline in New Zealand to fly licensed scheduled air services.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland War Memorial Museum (Tāmaki Paenga Hira), also known as Auckland Museum, is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials.
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Christchurch
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland.
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De Havilland Dragon
The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon is a successful small commercial aircraft that was designed and built by the de Havilland company.
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De Havilland Fox Moth
The DH.83 Fox Moth is a small biplane passenger aircraft from the 1930s powered by a single de Havilland Gipsy Major I inline inverted engine, manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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Dunedin
Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.
Hokitika
Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River.
Hokitika Cemetery
Hokitika Cemetery, also known as Seaview Cemetery, is the cemetery for Hokitika in New Zealand.
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New Zealand National Airways Corporation
New Zealand National Airways Corporation, popularly known as NAC, established by the New Zealand National Airways Act, 1945, was the national domestic airline of New Zealand until 1978 when it amalgamated with New Zealand's international airline, Air New Zealand.
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West Coast Region
The West Coast (lit) is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island.
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See also
Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in New Zealand
- Alfred William Saunders
- Bert Mercer
- Geoff Smale
- Peter Button
Burials at Hokitika Cemetery
- Agnes Addison
- Bert Mercer
- Bess Hudson
- Butler Te Koeti
- Charles McLean (rugby union)
- Charlie Douglas
- Duncan Macfarlane
- Ebenezer Teichelmann
- Edward Mark Best
- Edward St John Daniel
- Henry Butland
- Henry Michel
- Herbert Macandrew
- James Bonar (politician)
- James Holmes (politician)
- John Bevan (politician)
- John Lazar
- John White (New Zealand politician)
- Maida Bryant
- Stanley Graham
Businesspeople from Dunedin
- Alfred Hamish Reed
- Alfred Henry Burton
- Annie Elsom
- Arthur Barnett (businessman)
- Arthur George William Sparrow
- Bendix Hallenstein
- Bert Mercer
- Burton Brothers
- Charles Speight (businessman)
- Cliff Skeggs
- David Proudfoot (engineer)
- Eion Edgar
- Elizabeth Dreaver
- Frederick John Lucas
- George Fenwick (editor)
- George Stephenson (impresario)
- George Stewart (New Zealand businessman)
- Harry Wardell
- Henry John Matthews
- Henry Shacklock
- Hugh Sew Hoy
- Ian Taylor (New Zealand businessman)
- James Douglas (plumber)
- James Fletcher Jnr
- James Hamlin Walker
- James Macandrew
- Jim Ritchie (businessman)
- Joe Perano
- John Davies (New Zealand businessman)
- John Macfarlane Ritchie
- Julian Smith (publisher)
- Kobi Bosshard
- Margo Barton
- Maurice Joel
- Thomas Brydone
- Val Sanderson
- Willi Fels
- William Henry Valpy
- William Royse
- Wong Tape
New Zealand aviation pioneers
- Alan Prichard
- Aroha Clifford
- Bert Mercer
- Bert Pither
- George Bolt
- Gladys Sandford
- Henry Wigram
- Jane Winstone
- Jean Batten
- Joseph Joel Hammond
- Moncrieff and Hood disappearance
- Norrie Falla
- Richard Pearse
- Vivian Walsh (aviator)
- Will Scotland
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Mercer
Also known as James Cuthbert Mercer.