Auster Avenue in the suburb of Wigram, Christchurch

Auster Ave – Named after Auster Aircraft Limited, a British aircraft manufacturer 1938- 1961. In the Wigram Skies subdivision at the former Wigram Air Force Base where the street names are either those of aircraft, or the names of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named in 2012.A reasonable amount of information from the library website and not a lot that I can add to it. I did find out that the RNZAF operated 7 Auster aircraft between 1947 and 1969. Only 8 properties on this street built 2014, 2015 and 2018. This is a small street and I always associate the word avenue with streets that are wide and long. There are several avenues in Wigram that don’t fit my idea of an avenue.The houses were mostly brick with weatherboard style of cladding. Gardens were immaculate with lawns and well clipped small trees and shrubs.