Cessna 152 ZK-RJC at Nelson.

 The Cessna 152 II with the c/n of 15284568 was produced by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas and listed to Merle Frank of Gresham, Oregon in the USA in October 1980 as N5369M.

The above photo shows it at Warrnambool, Victoria on 26-01-1987 - still wearing its US marks of N5369M. 

It was pretty much a one owner aircraft when it was shipped to Australia to become VH-HCG from 01-04-1987.

The photograph below shows it as VH-HCG at Bankstown on 06-10-1988 - thanks to Tony Arbon.By August of 2008 it was with the Forbes Flying Club in NSW before moving on to Bathurst in December 2013 for the Central West Recreational Flying School. 

Its final Australian owner was Dandy Aircraft Pty Ltd of Bacchus Marsh from 17-05-2016 until its cancellation on 12-06-2025 as exported to New Zealand.

Above we see VH-HCG about to be dismantled in Australia and placed into its container for shipment to Nelson.

Roll out at Nelson in its new colour scheme.

First flight in NZ was on 23-01-2026.

And a nice new tidy office.

It took up the NZ registration of ZK-RJC with South Sky Aviation Ltd of Nelson on 15-07-2025 and was transferred to the New Zealand Aviation Academy Ltd of Auckland earlier this month.

It is seen above photographed at Nelson today (17-02-2026) thanks to Bill Mannix.