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Aero Club News

Distance and travel being no obstacle to members of the Gisborne Aero Club, they recently decided to flip down to Wairoa and challenge their southern neighbours to a game of rugby.

So they filled every available plane, and a helicopter, and 25 minutes later were donning their rugby gear at a football field in Wairoa.

Unfortunately, some of the members, including the club mascot... a goat named Susy......were forced to travel by more conventional means: by road.

The game proved to be an enjoyable tussle, resulting in a win for the visitors by 29 points to 6.

At Wairoa, they were able to inspect their host club's pride and joy, the oldest air-worthy craft in New Zealand, a 1929 Gypsy Moth which was recently restored to flying standards by the Wairoa Club members.

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Visiting and local planes lined up at the Wairoa airfield

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The Wairoa Club's 1929 Gypsy Moth

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The Gisborne Aero Club's rugby team. From left, standing: Jim Atkins, Henry Jones, Bruce Donnelly, Robbie Henson, John Hudson, Brian Vercoe, Dawson McIntosh,, David Halliday, Peter Faulkner, Peter Banks, Basil Martin, Tau Rakuraku, Les Stewart. Kneeling: Susy the goat, Graham McDonald, Ross Crawford, and Jack Takarangi.