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Post by aussieo2 on Jun 4, 2010 17:02:18 GMT 12
ZK-DOM, Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B to YJ-RV14. If you google...youtube - big blue vanuatu.. there is a video of it being placed into the ocean as an artificial reef off Port Vila. Looks like it was around December 2009.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 5, 2010 19:10:29 GMT 12
Interesting video. This Piper resided in NZ from 1973 to 1982 before going to Vanuatu. Was used by Akarana Air Ltd., Auckland, Helicopter Training Ltd., Rotorua, Helicopter Specialties Ltd., Auckland. At Ardmore 7Jan1976  |
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Post by aussieo2 on Jun 8, 2010 15:00:57 GMT 12
Thanks for the photo, got me thinking, as I thought it was a B model, but with C paint job. Further investigations reveal that it was a B but was converted at the factory to be the C model prototype.
Was owned in Vanuatu by A K (Keith) Barlow.
Does anyone have any info about Keith, by chance. He also had another PA-30, YJ-RV7 and a PA-22 YJ-RV12. Wonder what happened to these aircraft ?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 8, 2010 18:49:15 GMT 12
It was listed with CAA as a Piper PA30-160 Twin Comanche C c/n 30-1717 ex N8568Y, if that helps.
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