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Post by Dave Homewood on May 18, 2021 16:26:30 GMT 12
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Post by planewriting on May 18, 2021 16:57:41 GMT 12
It is ZK-CAK which started with Golden Coast Airways in July 1961. Refer "Taking Off - Pioneering Small Airlines of New Zealand 1945 - 1970" Waugh, McConnell, Layne and Gavin.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on May 18, 2021 18:47:44 GMT 12
Oh that is really sad... A very NZ relevant airframe that is of an endangered species
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Post by thomarse on May 18, 2021 19:02:19 GMT 12
Absolutely tragic. The first 185 I ever laid eyes upon.
A similar fate awaited the very early C206 0009 (ZK DIC); I'm not sure of the circumstances but it was "fire on the ground". Of course, Monospar AFF too was an engineering accident was it not?
C185 2290 DLX also went the same way but I think most people would hold the same opinion as to the circumstances of that one.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on May 18, 2021 21:07:16 GMT 12
I remember CAK being displayed in the most spirited fashion I've ever witnessed of a 180/185 type, at Whitianga around 2000. Have photos of that somewhere, at the top of a wing-over, around 100 degrees angle of bank, before ambushing the display line for the next one...
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Post by planewriting on May 18, 2021 21:42:52 GMT 12
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Post by markrogers on May 31, 2021 23:17:42 GMT 12
very sad and unfortunate. The airstrip is just up the road from where I live. Not much left of it. I think the spinner and prop could be salvaged to hang up on the wall as a memorial to CAK.
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Sad to see
