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This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26th January 1966 "This is the fastest plane in New Zealand - a F-4C Phantom fighter-bomber, photographed on arrival at Ohakea air base last night. The Phantom can carry twice the bomb load of a World War II Liberator and has a maximum range of 2000 miles without resorting to in-flight refueling."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
January 26, 1966
Digitisation ID
2018N_2017-20_MS000924
Format
B&W negative

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aircraft,
ohakea,
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