A plaque commemorating the disappearance of an aircraft in an area of New Zealand with echoes of the Bermuda Triangle will be unveiled during the Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow at the weekend.
The de Havilland DH90 Dragonfly ZK-AFB went missing on February 12, 1962, while on a scenic flight from Christchurch to Milford Sound. On board was the pilot, Captain Brian Chadwick, and four passengers.
Auckland aviation historian Reverend Richard Waugh said there was no other similar memorial to a missing aircraft in New Zealand.
Wanaka Airport was chosen because the last possible sighting of the Dragonfly was near Mt Aspiring and the airport also had strong links with historical aviation.
The plaque has a concrete base shaped in a triangle. The shape, as well as being a reference to the Bermuda Triangle, was a reminder that six aircraft had gone missing in the broadly triangular area of Mt Aspiring, Milford Sound and Haast since 1962. None of the aircraft nor their 23 occupants has been found.
- NZPA
Memorial at Warbirds
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