There were three Navajos at Ardmore last Saturday. Although they have been around for a long time in various guises, they have not been posted on the blog previously.
Piper PA 31 Navajo ZK-CUF (c/n 31-261) was built as N9194Y in 1968 by Piper Aircraft of Lock Haven PA. It was the first Navajo registered in New Zealand, on 12/7/68. It was registered to Tasman Air Services Ltd of Auckland and it first flew here on 10/10/68. Tasman Air Services did not operate for very long, ceasing business in late 1969. There is a lot of detail on Tasman Air Services on our sister blog 3rd Level New Zealand at http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/tasman-air.html
The aircraft was sold to the Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Division on 6/1/70 and was re-registered ZK-DCE on the same day. It then had a series of owners as follows:
And finally to DW and MR Brown trading is Christian Aviation Ministries on 31/8/84. It was again re-registered as ZK-CAM2 on 13/4/87 and is still registered with Christian Aviation, although it has not flown for some time and is minus its propellers and in the above photo.
The first ZK-CAM was a Bristol B 170 Freighter with SAFE Air between 1961 and 1981.
| Dalhoff and King Aviation Ltd, Ardmore 10-09-1979 | |
| T J Edmonds Ltd, Christchurch 02-10-1979 | |
| Alpine Helicopters Ltd, Queenstown 17-03-1982 | |
| Whirl-Wide Helicopters Ltd, Timaru 19-04-1982 | |
| Airwork (NZ) Ltd, Christchurch 30-03-1984 | |
| Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd, Auckland 30-04-1984 |
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The first ZK-CAM was a Bristol B 170 Freighter with SAFE Air between 1961 and 1981.
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