A look back in time: the first plane to land in the Manning Valley

By Katherine Bell and Darryl Gregory, Manning Valley Historical Society
December 3 2020 - 6:00pm
The first plane to land in Wingham: Lieutenant Stanley W Bird's BE2e. Photo: Manning Valley Historical Society
The first plane to land in Wingham: Lieutenant Stanley W Bird's BE2e. Photo: Manning Valley Historical Society

In 1920, Lieutenant Stanley W Bird visited a number of coastal towns in NSW flying a BE2e plane, which had been used in the Great War.

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