It struck me as rather ironic that as detailed in Blue Bus's post the rebuilt original Piper Cherokee was registered ZK-CUB. At least it had a Piper connotation!
Here is the second ZK-CUB which also is not a Piper Cub. It is a Light Miniature Aircraft LM-1U single seat Cub replica which I photographed at Te Kowhai in March 2005. This aircraft was originally registered as ZK-FRZ on 3/11/88 to NJ Dennison of Queenstown, and the registration was changed to ZK-CUB on 12/9/95. It has been well travelled with owners in Turangi, Wanaka, Masterton, Gisborne, Tauranga and Hamilton. I last saw it in a hangar at Te Kowhai in November 2009 looking decidedly out of square and worse for wear.
Then there is poor old ZK-CVB as I posted earlier in January, which probably really wanted to be ZK-CUB but is also not a Piper Cub although it looks just like a Piper Cub!
At the angle the picture was taken it almost looks like a Aeronca Champ.
ReplyDeleteHeres the plane I'm refering to
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Aeronca-7AC-Champion/1637838/&sid=d793da60744d3b70b87d7af02767474d
Thanks for the comment Hook.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand things the Light Miniature Aircraft LM-1 model is of a J3 Cub and the LM-3 model is of an Aeronca. I will do a post on LM-3's in New Zealand.
I was the owner mentioned as "Masterton", and flew her out of Hood aerodrome during the late 1990s'. She was indeed a Miniature Aircraft LM-1, out of the USA. A sweet flying, single-seater, with over 7 hours of available fuel, I spent many a day around Wairarapa and as far as the southern tip of the North island, Levin, Wanganui and environs.
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