More Info →Participants involved in the 24 hour Challenge Record with a Piper Tomahawk ZK-EVA

Description

On 30 May 1987, 24 pilots and instructors from the Manawatū District Aero Club set a new 24 hour challenge record by keeping a Piper Tomahawk ZK-EVA aloft for 23 hours, 51 minutes and 56 seconds. The club flew 286 circuits, used 528 litres of fuel and spent 21.88 hours off the ground covering a distance exceeding the distance from Milson to Sydney and back again. Refueling occurred every 4 hours, with hourly pilot changeovers. Several of the participating pilots are seen in front of the clubhouse. They are, from left: G. McNeill; A. Mitchell; C. Hammond; R. Wallace; A. Young; R. Bowling; D. Penny; C. Rowland; S Anderson; T. Cook; S. McNichol (Chief Instructor); M. Anderson; R. Portch; R. Fox; G. Thompson; H. Ham; B. McEwen; G. White; A. McLean; M. Mikkelsen. Absent from the photograph were I. McNair and G. Pedersen.

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F7_039260

Archive

Manawatū District Aero Club

Relation

CA: Manawatū District Aero Club, Series 6, Folder 7

Date

May 1987

Digitisation ID

2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F7_039260

Format

Colour print

Held In

"Community Archives"