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The Dawson Farm aerodrome was located at Myross Bush, New Zealand, northeast of the southern city of Invercargill. As the name suggests, the airfield was created by a local farming family for the eventual development into Invercargill's first public aerodrome in 1929. Local aviation enthusiasts as well as national aviation personalities such as George Bolt were visitors, bringing the still rare sight of aircraft into the region.〔 A Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1976|Transport links chapter.〕 At the time it was located a considerable distance from the town centre and city officials opted for a closer site, building a new airport on reclaimed land in the New River estuary in 1939, now today's Invercargill Airport. This was to encourage commercial services.〔 Invercargill Museum|City Council archives〕 ==Air Force use== The then New Zealand Permanent Airforce, later the RNZAF, were regular visitors right up to and including World War Two, commandeering it as a backup field in 1939 and enlarging the grass landing strip, although the aerodrome was never used as a permanent base and only for training and urgent communications. Aircraft included the Vickers Vincent light bomber of No. 2 General Reconnaissance Squadron which performed emergency maritime patrols in the area. The Airspeed Oxford was also flown from the temporary base. Once the new Invercargill Airport site construction finished, larger RNZAF-operated aircraft landed there instead. At the end of hostilities in 1945, the RNZAF delisted the aerodrome from its use〔Wartime RNZAF Stations|Wings over Cambridge〕 and returned the site to the city, which soon leased the land back to the local farming community. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dawson Farm (aerodrome)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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