Here’s a couple of snaps I took in February at a little town in the south of the North Island of NZ called Pahiatua. I have been told this is the last of the playground Harvards in NZ (there used to be several, I remember one in Rotorua up till the late 1980’s)
By: turbo_NZ - 5th April 2004 at 12:37
Still a shame if it is the oldest Harvard though
By: Dave Homewood - 5th April 2004 at 12:09
The surface is all that is there – there is absolutely nothing inside it, not even an engine. But the paint is ok, yes.
Not worth restoring I don’t think – much better to leave as a slide and a lasting memorial to all who slid out the bottom of Harards during the war
By: turbo_NZ - 5th April 2004 at 11:41
actually looks in pretty good nick. Is it just on the surface, the overall sound condition ?
By: Dave Homewood - 5th April 2004 at 10:36
What? And spoil NZ’s greatest landmark? LOL
OK, you can take it down, but replace it with a Mk III, and make the entrance hole bigger for us big kids!
By: DaveM2 - 5th April 2004 at 10:32
IIRC this is the oldest surviving Harvard in N.Z.
Maybe it is time for it to come in from the cold !
Dave
By: Dave Homewood - 5th April 2004 at 07:33
And the last one…
By: Dave Homewood - 5th April 2004 at 07:30
Sadly I am too big to have had a go… the opening is just for kids, D’oh!
By: Aileron Roll - 5th April 2004 at 07:28
Dave
Have driven past this often whilst on the way to Masterton !
Nice to know is still there !
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