The specially painted anniversary Royal New Zealand Air Force Skyhawk makes a low pass over Wigram air base before landing yesterday. The gold-painted Skyhawk with red, white and blue stripes flew at 600km/h over the South Island at a height of 300m to mark the Air Force’s fiftieth anniversary as a separate armed service. This is about half the aircraft’s maximum speed. It is one of 10 Skyhawks bought from Australia in 1984.
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73The specially painted anniversary Royal New Zealand Air Force Skyhawk makes a low pass over Wigram air base before landing yesterday. The gold-painted Skyhawk with red, white and blue stripes flew at 600km/h over the South Island at a height of 300m to mark the Air Force’s fiftieth anniversary as a separate armed service. This is about half the aircraft’s maximum speed. It is one of 10 Skyhawks bought from Australia in 1984. Press, 26 February 1987, Page 1
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