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J. Linklater (M.P. for Manawatū and the aero club's president), J. G. Coobe (Minister of Defence) and club member D. F. Smillie pose in front of a World War I Bristol Fighter. The Bristol, a R.N.Z.A.F. Machine, had been flown up from Wigram Air Force station specifically for the opening.

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F1_039224
Archive
Manawatū District Aero Club
Relation
CA: Manawatū District Aero Club, Series 6, Folder 1
Date
December 1931
Digitisation ID
2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F1_039224
Format
B&W print
Held In
"Community Archives"

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