List of Cook Strait crossings by air

This is a list of notable first crossings of the Cook Strait by air.

First crossings Date Crossing Participant(s) Aircraft Departure point Arrival point Notes First aeroplane Euan Dickson, C.H. Hewlett and J.E. Moore Avro 504K BlenheimTrentham First flight across Cook Strait First aeroplane (N-S) Euan Dickson and J.E. Moore Avro 504K TrenthamBlenheim First woman Aroha Clifford Avro Avian ChristchurchWellington First jet Squadron Leader R M McKay Gloster Meteor Mk III ParaparaumuWoodbourne, Blenheim First helicopter Peter Marshall Hiller UH-12B ParaparaumuBlenheim Flight took 1 hour 17 minutes. First glider Keith Wakeman Slingsby Skylark 2 Harewood, Christchurch,Freyberg High School, Palmerston North Flight distance of 290 miles, in under 4 hours. First balloon Roland Parsons and Rex Brereton Cameron Model O-77 Westwind Cape Jackson, MarlboroughWhitby, Porirua First inverted Kurt Maluschnig Pitts S-1D Double crossing, flying inverted from the time he crossed the North Island coastline till his return there. First microlight Ken AsplinTrevor BarrettMarty Waller Ultralight Flight MirageUltralight Flight MirageQuicksilver MX North IslandSouth Island Formation flight. Crossing achieved as part of a longer journey travelling from Cape Reinga to Bluff.First autogyro (double crossing)Bill BlackTerry Tiffen2 x autogyros Woodbourne, BlenheimPapaparaumu Duo made both crossings on the same day. PapaparaumuWoodbourne, Blenheim First paraglider Matt Stanford paraglider Tory Channel, Marlborough SoundsCape Terawhiti, Wellington Launched from a helicopter. Flight took 35 minutes. First electric aircraft Gary Freedman Pipistrel Alpha Electro Omaka Aerodrome, BlenheimWellington

References

See also List of Bass Strait crossings by air List of Cook Strait crossings by sea List of English Channel crossings by air List of Irish Sea crossings by air First flight across Cook Strait