TOPDRESSING ANNIVERSARY.—This Tiger Moth. ZK-ASO, seening flying over Molesworth country, was the aircraft used by Airwork (N.Z.) Ltd in New Zealand’s first commercial aerial topdressing and oversowing operation on May 27, 1949, on the property of Sir R. Heaton Rhodes at Otahuna, Tai Tapu. May 27 this year will be the twenty-first anniversary of the occasion.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32251, 20 March 1970, Page 8
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56TOPDRESSING ANNIVERSARY.—This Tiger Moth. ZK-ASO, seening flying over Molesworth country, was the aircraft used by Airwork (N.Z.) Ltd in New Zealand’s first commercial aerial topdressing and oversowing operation on May 27, 1949, on the property of Sir R. Heaton Rhodes at Otahuna, Tai Tapu. May 27 this year will be the twenty-first anniversary of the occasion. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32251, 20 March 1970, Page 8
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