# Corsair Drive, Hornby, Christchurch

No council reports on record, but the archive knows the street: 1 place on the heritage register carries the name.

https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/corsair-drive

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5498&lon=172.5482&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5498&lon=172.5482&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5498&lon=172.5482&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the register
- [Former RNZAF Station Wigram Instructional Building/Control Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/310), 69 Corsair Drive

On foot: [The airfield](https://www.chch.live/walks/hornby-airfield) walks this street.

## Its file in the papers

*Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for Corsair Drive, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call.*
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 25 October 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841025.2.11.6), Star · 1884-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 01 November 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18841101.2.14.5), Star · 1884-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

## The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names the street in 10 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

- [The crashes it names](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=corsair-drive&suburb=hornby)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Corsair Drive?**

In [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby), Christchurch, New Zealand.

**What is on record for Corsair Drive?**

No council reports, but 1 heritage-register place carry the name.

**What heritage places are on Corsair Drive?**

[Former RNZAF Station Wigram Instructional Building/Control Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/310).

Data: https://api.chch.live/street?suburb=hornby&street=corsair-drive · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hornby&street=corsair-drive