Tuesday 17 September 2024

Cessna U206G Stationair ZK-EJE and ZK-MIF

 Built as N756AB with c/n U20603926, this Cessna U206G Stationair was listed to World Air Ltd of Augusta, Kansas and was flown into Auckland on 28-09-1977 to become ZK-EJE with Dalhoff & King Aviation Ltd at Ardmore on 06-10-1977. They operated it under their Rex Air Charter label as seen below at Ardmore on 04-09-1979.The Company name changed to Motor Holdings (Air Services) Ltd and ZK-EJE was listed to them from 27-05-1982.
A year later from 09-05-1983 it was listed to D K & JG Horton, P A Beer, B L Swan, A G Kerr and N Joffe of Auckland, and from 14-11-1983 it was with the Ardmore Flying School Ltd briefly until re-listed with Horton, Beer, Swan, Kerr & Joffe on 12-12-1983.
Seen below at Ardmore on 09-08-1985 with Ardmore Air Charter titles.
Other operator/owners include Very Inconspicuous Holdings Ltd of Wellington from mid-January of 1992; It was blown over at Wellington on 09-08-1992 and rebuilt by Flightline Aviation at Ardmore and transferred to Murray Smith of Hamilton on 06-04-1994. 
Next in line was Wanaka Air Ltd from 07-10-2003. 
They re-registered it as ZK-MIF on 21-10-2003. This became Wanaka Flightseeing (2006) Ltd from 17-11-2006 until it was sold to Glenorchy Air Services & Tourist Co Ltd of Queenstown on 12-12-2012.
Greg Barrow (Airlink Aviation Ltd) of Auckland took it on from 10-12-2013 and current operator, Harmon Fishing Ltd of Kaikoura took it over on 27-03-2018.It was parked near the Canterbury Aero Club for a while yesterday 16-09-2024.

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