Super Cub ZK-BRY

One of the many Piper PA-18's imported by Airwork (NZ) Ltd of Christchurch was the PA-18A-150 ZK-BRY. With a construction number of 18-5687 it was registered here on 07-05-1957 and gained its NZ CofA on the 28th.

Ownership was transferred from Airwork (NZ) Ltd to Cookson Airspread Ltd of Wairoa from 02-05-1957.

Below is a photo from an unknown source of it at Wairoa - looking all very spic and span for an ag aircraft..

Below another view of her - on an unknown date at Feilding  - from the Allan Wooller collection.

It remained with Cookson until 07-07-1971 when it moved over briefly to Feilding with Manawatu Aerial Top Dressing Co Ltd; and then to Wanganui for J A Chesswas from 11-07-1972.

 Above we have ZK-BRY minus hopper and in a new paint scheme at Wanganui.
I believe a Ken Meehan photo.

 Now two shots of her at Wellington in December of 1972.

Above - Note the fuselage side baggage door and the metal cover on top of the fuselage aft of the wing trailing edge.

Above we have a monochrome pic showing the East Aviation/Wellington Aero Club hangar in the background.

Above - as seen at Masterton in 1973 from Allan Wooller.

The next owner was Don B Mahon of Queenstown from 03-02-1977 who purchased it to replace his sold Cessna 180 ZK-BJY.

It had a bit of an oopsie at Big Bay on 09-04-1984 and not long after repairs it was sold to the Taranaki Gliding Club, then based at German Hill, and listed to them on 14-04-1986 in a dashing colour scheme.

It actually arrived a couple of months earlier as can been seen from the three pics below taken at New Plymouth Airport on 28-01-1986

Below we see it at German Hill on 02-02-1986

Next in line was the Sport Aviation Partnership of Hawera from 07-05-1996 -

 Above shot at Tauranga on 07-08-1996 thanks to Peter Lewis.

Then at Omarama on 09-04-1998.

- followed by the RNZAF Base Auckland Aviation Sports Club Inc from 17-07-1998.

By 13-11-1999 it was listed to the Hauraki Aero Club (Inc) at Thames.

Frank Wright of Tauranga took it on from 29-01-2002 and he did a major rework on it including the 160hp upgrade before selling it. 

31-03-2004 at Tauranga

It went to The Old Lake Trust of North Shore City from 11-05-2004.

It appears to have been based and hangared at Tauranga alongside the Cessna 182Q ZK-RDJ2 -

Above - at Tauranga on  20-11-2012

- until a recent sale to B B aviation of Feilding took place on 01-05-2016.

Sean Perrett flew it down to its old home at Feilding where it will be on line and available for Cub ratings.