Tuesday 16 May 2023

Waipukurau Fly In Sunday : Cessna TU206A Super Skywagon ZK-JPC.

 The Cessna TU206A (Turbo Utility) was an upgraded model U206A incorporating a Turbocharged Continental TSIO-520-C engine in lieu of the standard 285hp IO-520A engine. Both models being built on the same production run during the 1966 US fiscal year.

The TU206A with the c/n U206-0511 was allocated the US registration of N4811F and sent direct to Australia where it was given the Cessna distributors VH-DFU trade registration. 

This became VH-AAM 2 for Australian Aerial Mapping Ltd out of Bankstown from 24-05-1966. 

Photo below as VH-AAM taken at Bankstown on 27-02-1971 by David Carter.
After two further Australian owners it was ferried into Auckland, via Norfolk Island, on 07-12-1984.
It took up the very apt ZK-MAP1 marks from 14-12-1984 with B A Shrimpton of Tauranga who traded as Air Maps. 
Above we see ZK-MAP at Tauranga in 1985 whilst with Air Maps Ltd.
A Darryn Morgan photo.
By March 1991 it was with Sunair Ltd (Paul Ensor) at 'The Mount' who re-registered it as ZK-SUN2 from 16-12-1993. 
ZK-SUN2 at Tauranga on 31-03-2004.

Title changed between Sunair, the Motiti Residents Club and Island Air, then back to Sunair becoming ZK-PAI2 on 02-07-2004.
ZK-PAI at Tauranga on 16-03-2009.

By December 2009 it was working under the Adventure Aviation name until moving to Napier to Flight Care Ltd from 10-04-2015. They moved it on to The 206 Syndicate of Otane from 14-03-2017 with a change to Rural Air Work Ltd at Otane from 15-08-2022.
It was re-registered to ZK-JPC2 to the same operator on 22-11-2022.
It is seen below at Waipukurau last Sunday by Jordan Elvy.


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