Date1963Reference NumberPhoto 12-416DescriptionSolders looking ready to board B170's aircraft at Rangitaiki. Noted with file 'Ex Reflex II 1963'. Information gleamed from 'The Wings over New Zealand Aviation forum' suggest that Army Engineers built a landing strip at Rangitaiki, south-east of Taupō and the RNZAF operated Harvard, Vampire, B170's and a Hastings from the war games strip in October 1963 and that a lot of Ohakea personnel were part of it. http://rnzaf. proboards. com/index. cgi (2012 10 11). FormatPrintSource of AcquisitionP Jaeger (Acc 232/12/93)
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