NELSON MARLBOROUGH INSTITUTE OF AVIATION ENGINEERING Part 2

                                                                 ZK-CDJ

Cessna 172D with the manufacturer's construction number of 17250492 was initially allocated the US registration of N2892U during its production on the Cessna Wichita line.

It was shipped to New Zealand to Rex Aviation Ltd at New Plymouth and became ZK-CDJ on 11-09-1963 and first flew with them on 21-11-1963.

The first operator was the Mercury Bay Aero Club at Whitianga from 15-12-1963. ZK-CDJ at Invercargill 07-03-1968 wearing "Mercury Bay Aero Club" script on engine cowling and "Air Taxi" on fuselage.

Above as seen at Paraparaumu 31-01-1971 in new paint scheme.

At Paraparaumu again in March of 1971.

Then followed R P J and M M Poole of Ardmore from 22-02-1971. It suffered some minor damage at Ardmore on 10-04-1971.

And above we see it at Ardmore on 05-06-1972. Photo by John Page via MoTaT.

Then it was with D J McGregor Ltd of Auckland from 13-09-1973 until being overturned by the wind at Ardmore on 21-01-1974. It was replaced with the Cessna 182K ZK-DSH.

It then went to Les Sutherland, Graeme Weck and F S Martin of Patumahoe from 30-04-1974 for some attention.
W A Bennett of Papakura is next in line from 19-08-1977 

Below is ZK-CDJ at Ardmore in September of 1977 thanks to Allan Wooller.With H Mc L Baxter and P Bouma of Te Awamutu featuring from 29-06-1978.

Premi-Air Aviation Ltd / Harry Maidment of Papakura are listed briefly from 10-03-1994, and then Neil and Joan Burndred of Papakura from 06-05-1994. During its time with Neil, it was used as a test bed for the electronic three bladed Aerotek 2000 propellor.

Title moved to the Burndred Family Trust on 01-06-2002 until its registration was revoked on 20-04-2006.

It was restored to the register on 18-07-2006 

                                                                     At Ardmore 15-09-2008

Its final ownership change was to Martin Patterson / Hippeastrum Trust of Christchurch from 01-04-2010.

At Christchurch 21-05-2010 on tie downs near the Drake Aviation facility, looking in need of a touch up.

Work under way at AVTEK Timaru on 22-09-2010.

Captured some five months later at Westport 10-02-2011 in revised scheme with smaller registration letters.

Noted again at AVTEK in Timaru on 17-01-2018.

It never seemed to fully recover and was noted at Timaru 04-06-2018 rudderless.

And again at Timaru on 02-02-2019.

It was listed as Withdrawn at Timaru, its registration was cancelled on 08-06-2020 and is now housed with NMIT at Woodbourne as an instructional airframe.Parked out at Woodbourne 17-04-2022

ZK-CDJ at Woodbourne 08-2023 Zac Yates photograph.

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                                                                ZK-TWI

The Ministry of Transport Civil Aviation Division (MOT CAD) purchased two new Piper PA-34-200 Seneca twins in 1973. ZK-DCH in May and ZK-DCI in in 10-1973. These were augmented by two preloved examples in 12-1977 as ZK-DCL and ZK-DCM.
ZK-DCL c/n 34-7250281 was bult in 1973 as N1289T and had at least four US owners before arriving into Auckland, along with ZK-DCM, on 05-11-1977 thanks to Dennis Thompson International. Both were registered to MOT CAD on 01-12-1977. The three survivors (ZK-DCH written off in January 1976) were sold to Airwork (NZ) Ltd in late 1980 with ZK-DCL being on sold to Air Gisborne Ltd from 14-05-1981.
They in turn flicked it on to Albert Smith Industries Ltd of Mount Maunganui from 14-05-1981.
Next up was Sunair Aviation Ltd, also of Mount Maunganui from 06-05-1999 and six months later to Mount Aviation Ltd from 03-11-1999 with a name change to Bay Flight International Ltd on 278-08-2002.
On 28-11-2003, still with Bay Flight, it was re-registered as ZK-TWN .
Another name change, to Bay Flight Aviation Ltd, Tauranga, took effect from 01-07-2010 

                                      As noted at Tauranga by Steve Lowe on 31-08-2010.

And also at Tauranga 05-10-2010, Mike Condon photo.

with another re-registration from 07-12-2010 to ZK-TWI to allow the Mount Aviation's newly arrived Tecnam P2006T to take up the forfeited ZK-TWN marks.

A new owner for ZK-TWI - Helipro Aviation Ltd of Paraparaumu, took effect from 23-01-2012 with an address change to Palmerston North on 14-11-2013, followed by withdrawal and cancellation from 21-11-2013. 2015.

It was re-located to Woodbourne I believe prior to January.