A sequence of aerobatics by Mr Owen Marshall in a Tiger Moth at Mount Cook yesterday brought to a spectacular conclusion the Mount Cook Line’s ce- ( ' lebrations of the twenty-
fifth anniversary of the company’s ski-plane division. The first ski-plane was flown by the late Sir Henry Wigley in 1955. Mr Marshall flaw the Tiger Moth, which has carried
the Mount Cook colours for 12 years, from Queenstown for the celebrations, which included a fly-past of eight Cessna 185 skiplanes and a dinner on Saturday. TOP: The Tiger
Moth being put through its paces. BELOW: Mr Marshall, who has been flying since 1941, on the ground on the Mount Cook airfield.
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