Vampire Jets Thrill Milson Crowd

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 April 1958, page 9: "Another exhibition of precision flying was seen at the flying display at the opening of the Milson Airport on Saturday by the R.N.Z.A.F. Vampire aerobatic team from Ohakea. Here the four Vampires with the aid of smoke trails execute an impressive movement known as "threading the needle"."

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2017-20

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

April 21, 1958

Digitisation id

2017N_2017-20_014720

Format

B&W negative

Held in

Other