Wednesday, 27 March 2013

ZK-BNO Piper Cub

 
Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub ZK-BNO (c/n 18-5253) appeared under Airwork (NZ) Ltds name on 10-10-1956. Gained its NZ CofA on 29-11-1956 and was listed with D W Kain of Raes Junction on 21-12-1956. It was transferred to the Canterbury Aero Club on 20-06-1961.
My first recording of BNO was outside the Canterbury Aero Club hangar at Christchurch on 26-08-1964.
 
 It is seen above at Manuka Point around about 1965. Photo is from the Grant Porter collection.

It departed the Club in November of 1974 to go to R B Johnston of Orakei and then on to J W Guiness of Tauranga from 28-04-1978.
By late November of 1979 it was with G W Adamson of Manakaiaua (South of Fox Glacier) replacing the Champion 7ECA Citabria ZK-CPD which he had in partnership with D G Lewis. The photo below shows it at Manakaiaua on 29-12-1979.
 I like the tail graphics.
Bob Jelly and D MacMillan of Mosgiel appear on the paperwork from 19-04-1982 and then J H Richardson of Feilding from 12-04-1984. In Mid January 1990 it moved up to Whenuapai for the RNZAF Base Auckland Aviation Sports Club (Inc) and then to the RNZAF Aviation Sports Club (Gliding Section) on 19-08-1996.
It overturned during a down wind landing at Whenuapai on 13-10-2001 and was cancelled on 26-04-2002.
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 March 2013 at 17:18

    Beautiful cub, hope someone rebuilds it some day!

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  2. Anonymous28 March 2013 at 05:33

    BNO towed me on my first Glider solo, and was based at Hobsonville for most of the early 90's.

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  3. Anonymous1 August 2014 at 18:09

    This was my grandfathers plane (DW Kain) I have the owners handbook for it. Is it going to be repaired or has it been scrapped for parts?

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  4. db22 November 2015 at 10:46

    It was sold to the USA from what I understand.
    I did many hours towing gliders with this at Hobsonville.

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  5. db4 December 2015 at 18:41

    Clearing out old documents I found airframe logbook #5 and #2 engine logbook for ZK-BNO.
    If someone knows who owns it now (presumably in the USA) I will attempt to get the logs to the owner.

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  6. db4 December 2015 at 18:41

    Clearing out old documents I found airframe logbook #5 and #2 engine logbook for ZK-BNO.
    If someone knows who owns it now (presumably in the USA) I will attempt to get the logs to the owner.

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  7. Dave Paull6 December 2015 at 10:18

    Morning db
    Flick me your email address to paulldj@xtra.co.nz and I will forward you the details.
    Cheers

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  8. Dave Paull6 December 2015 at 10:18

    Morning db
    Flick me your email address to paulldj@xtra.co.nz and I will forward you the details.
    Cheers

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