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Violet Hibbard (at right) accompanied Captain R Russell on the first flight to land in Palmerston North, 31 July 1920, at the age of 15 years. The flight was re-enacted in 1970 for the Palmerston North Centennial celebrations. This flight was piloted by J J Mackie of Hastings, in his Tiger Moth built 1945, and took 30 minutes. Accompanying them is the 6 bouquets of flowers that Violet Hibbard was to drop over Woodville and Palmerston North, as she did on the first flight.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Av 102
Date
October 27, 1970
Digitisation ID
2009P_Av102_PEO_2631
Held In
"Community Archives"

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aviation,
flight,
photographs,
transport,
travel,
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