DHC 2 Beaver ZK-BVA at Work

A lot of New Zealand Beaver enthusiasts were no doubt excited when Farmers Air Ltd of Gisborne purchased their "new" (1952 vintage!) Beaver ZK-BVA2 (c/n 245) in 2019, and it was even more exciting to topdressing Beaver enthusiasts when the company had plans to install a hopper.

Here is what we have previously reported about the Beaver:  https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2019/02/beaver-zk-bva.html

Thanks to the Chief Pilot of Farmers Air, Andrew Hogarth, we have these photos of ZK-BVA2 on its first topdressing job, at Tangihanga Station on 11/4/20.  Andrew reported that the Beaver flew beautifully and that he had a smile on his face all day!

Andrew also says that the reason they bought the dual control Beaver is that it will provide a great pathway to teaching the ag pilot skill set to new pilots before they move on to the company's turbine Falcos (modified versions of the Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL).

Andrew has also posted a neat video of him flying the Beaver HERE

Thanks very much to Andrew for the photos and the video.