Beavers and Beavers #17 ZK-CZL - Update

After a few years of no new Beavers, Fieldair bought two from Australia in 1969.  The first of these was ZK-CZL.  Dave Paull posted about ZK-CZL back in 2010 and you can see his post HERE.  I can only add a little more to its history and I can add a few more photos:

De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver , c/n 1541 , had a date of manufacture of 5/3/64 and went to Australia to become VH-IDM with Aerial Agriculture from 6/7/64. It was cancelled in April of 1969 as being sold abroad.

It became ZK-CZL with Fieldair Ltd at Gisborne on 16/5/69 and first flew as such on the 26th. It is photo'd above at Gisborne on 11/10/69.

It is seen here at Gisborne on 8/12/70.

And here at Masterton on 22/5/73 in yet another of Fieldair's yellow colour schemes.

Yet another variation seen at Gisborne on 23/6/75.

And another variation! here also at Gisborne on 8/4/77.

It was damaged when it struck its loader at Gisborne on 20/9/77 and damaged again on take off from the Rototahi Strip on 22/2/79.  It went through the Company changes to Fieldair Holdings (Central) Ltd of Palmerston North on 18/11/80 and to Fieldair Holdings of Palmerston North on 30/3/84.  It is photo'd above, again at Gisborne, in May 1984.

During 1986/1987 it was leased to Island Air Safaris of Tauranga in a passenger configuration as in this photo taken on 20/2/87..

Its NZ registration was cancelled on 25/10/88.  It was shipped back to Australia to become VH-OMO with L McArthur-Onslow of Walcha, NSW on 20/1/89 and was operated by Aerial Agriculture of Armidale where the above photo was taken in September 1990.

It was cancelled from the Australian register on 20/5/98 and returned to Canada where it became C-GEDE in March 1999 with Recon Air Corporation of Geraldton, Ontario. Arthur Esquega of Gull Bay, Ontario features from 15/6/99 and then it went to 1383693 Ontarion Ltd of Thunder Bay are listed from 25/8/00. I believe this is another way of saying NiiGaani Air of Thunder Bay, Ontario.  It is photo'd above in NiiGaani Air ownership at Thunder Bay on 29/7/14.  On 5/3/19 its ownership transferred to Adam Esquega of Gull Bay Ontario and it is still current in Canada.