Two of these have appeared on the civil register.
ZK-SWK, a Seawind 3000 c/n 148 operated by Seaworks Ltd. of Wellington has been active since December 2000.
At Tauranga 27Feb2008
ZK-SWT was registered as a Seawind 2500 c/n AACA/1093 to John H Borman, Tauriko, Tauranga, 14Aug1999. It was fairly active for the next few years, but suffered a fatal crash on an attempted take-off from Lake Taupo 16Jan05. Reportedly, the remains have been taken to Australia for a rebuild.
Now the query - although registered as a Seawind 2500, the signeage actually painted on the aircraft clearly says Seawind 3000. Anyone know why?
At Matamata 2000
Scroll down a bit and you will see a pic of the Seawind
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ZK-SWT was actually Seawind 3000 kit #48. Why it was registered as a 2500 I have no idea.
ReplyDeleteI have a rather poorly exposed shot of it at Camden NSW taken by David Eyre on 16-12-2008 showing it under repair. It still carries the "Pure Pleasure" script under the cockpit.