After visiting Taupo airfield,a chance to see the seaplane parked up on the largest lake in New Zealand when to my surprise ,I witnessed this in Taupo Town Center !!!!!!!!!!
I do-not have any info on this DC-3 but can any person confirm that is this Dakota heading off to Classic Flyers in Tauranga!!!!! and ID this aircraft. Thankly the information was passed to me.
The plane, former ZK-CAW a Douglas DC3 aircraft, was built in 1943 and was one of three used by South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand from 1961 to 1966. In 1971 it was renamed Whio and used by Fieldair Holdings as a top-dressing plane, before being decommissioned in 1984.
After retiring from the skies the plane was placed in storage, having flown 56,282 hours during its working life.
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| Picture of inside the DC-3 |
2 comments:
zk-caw c/n 18923,ex 41-1000460.vh-anm,vq-fai,she has been here for a number of years since the early ninties,she came up from wanganui,she has had a very intersesting career check out nz civil blog blue bus or minty will help with more info
Cheers for the information.Not often for e to have a big mac in a vintage aircraft
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