goes to the Show
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Air-Winded n. guinea goes to the Show
This is what Mt. Hagen airstrip, more than 5,000 ft. up in New Guinea’s famed Wahgi Valley, looked like on the occasion of the Western Highlands’ First Agricultural Show on September 23-24. Mt. Hagen that week-end was the meeting place of all New Guinea, and these are only some of the aircraft which were used to get them there.
Sixty-nine aircraft arrived on the first day, and at one period 42 were parked, empty, along both edges of the strip and in special parking bays. In the background of the lower picture are the showgrounds black with some of the 50,000 natives who poured in from all directions.