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Aerobatic antics didn’t stop ‘Jimmy’ becoming a flying ace
Jimmy Balfour's 1943 dogfight in the South Pacific became the stuff of legend - and verse. One historic aircraft he flew around that period is now on display in Marlborough’s Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre ‒ a Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk called Gloria Lyons.
A golden performance at the Maadi Regatta
A big congratulations to the three Marlborough Boys' and Girls' college teams who won gold at Lake Karapiro at the weekend.
Coastguard Marlborough the busiest over summer
New Zealand's busiest regional Coastguard team over the summer period was Marlborough, with 61 rescues. The busiest day across the country was February 8, the Saturday after Waitangi Day.
Marlborough throws out nearly double the national average to landfill
Someone even took this boat to the dump recently. We're going to have to brush up on ways to reduce, reuse and recycle - do you have any good tips? I wonder if the timber from this boat could have been salvaged.
The time the air force bombed a Cook Strait ferry
In January 1952, the retirement of the TSS Arahura, built in 1905, seemed like as good a reason as any to run a training exercise for No. 75 Squadron’s de Havilland Mosquitoes and their crews. Armed with rockets and cannons, they were tasked with finding the “enemy” merchant ship in Cook … View moreIn January 1952, the retirement of the TSS Arahura, built in 1905, seemed like as good a reason as any to run a training exercise for No. 75 Squadron’s de Havilland Mosquitoes and their crews. Armed with rockets and cannons, they were tasked with finding the “enemy” merchant ship in Cook Strait and destroying it.
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