Overseas tourists wanting to take Mount Cook ski-plane flights over the Franz Josef Glacier have to board their aircraft at this topdressing strip on a farm about 5km from the Franz Josef township. The town’s old airfield was washed out 13 months ago when the Waiho River burst its banks. Talks are to be held on February 17 in a bid to get work started on reconstructing the airfield.
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Press, 29 January 1986, Page 21
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69Overseas tourists wanting to take Mount Cook ski-plane flights over the Franz Josef Glacier have to board their aircraft at this topdressing strip on a farm about 5km from the Franz Josef township. The town’s old airfield was washed out 13 months ago when the Waiho River burst its banks. Talks are to be held on February 17 in a bid to get work started on reconstructing the airfield. Press, 29 January 1986, Page 21
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