We Made It Onto The Frontpage

The Dom Feb 24 2020

First of all, everyone is ok, and the only thing that was damaged was the plane. In gusty northerlies, the Boeing Steerman “Witchita Girl” crashed on landing when the wind literally blew it off the runway. Standing in the viewing area I couldn’t believe what happened, I barely had time to raise the camera to my eye and squeeze off a few shots. After checking people were ok and talking to the owner I posted this photo to Facebook with a short post to say everyone was ok.

While driving home to Palmerston North, my watch kept vibrating, I figured it was dropping and then picking up the connection as it does sometimes. When we got home I had messages from what felt like every newspaper in the country. I did probably five interviews by phone and then a few more by email. Then this morning I found out that the image made the front cover of the Dominion Post.

Before the crash

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