This image was taken 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."
Fastest Plane in New Zealand
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- 2017-20
- Date
- January 26, 1966
- Digitisation ID
- 2018N_2017-20_MS000923
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- Other
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatū Evening Standard
- Place
- Ohakea, Manawatu-Whanganui
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