DH89B Dragon Rapide ZK-AKU at AvSpecs

[ErrolC]

Photos on NZCivAir of now/to-be NX663HG after a photo flight at Ardmore

nzcivair.blogspot.com/2023/02/another-de-havilland-twin-from-avspecs.html

Then it was revealed that it was NX663HG but was flying under its taped on New Zealand registration ZK-AKU and it was marked up as New Zealand Airways (fictional I assume)

[ZacYates]

And a lovely-looking scheme it is too! Well done to all involved.

[Dave Homewood]

It is great to know that ZK-AKU is back in the air. Well done to the Avspecs team. And that will make a bit of room in the hangar soon too.

[FlyingKiwi]

It does look very striking. Sounded great too.

[kiwicamper]

I believe this is the plane that my cousin the late Jack Moon flew in the 1969 London to Sydney air race. Would be interested in any information on this aircraft.

[kevsmith]

Kiwicamper
You are correct - along with the owner, Dave Grey and Ray Cooney. Flew NZ to London and back again in the race. I gave some photos I took of the acft at Griffith NSW to Jack's son when he was doing a resume or similar of Jack's life.

[Peter Lewis]

While doing some research into the history of this Dominie I found the following photo in my files.
Taken at Whangarei's Onerahi airfield in 1961 with my plastic 127 film camera - my first ever aircraft photograph!

Thats 62 years ago - goodness, how time flies.

[kiwicamper]

Thank you KevSmith and Peter Lewis.