The probably Tedious NZ Civil Aviation Quiz

[Bruce]

O.K by special request of AVM Homewood, A civil aviation trivia quiz.
If its not your thing, cool, but You may find some interesting stuff if you research the answers.....

1. Which NZ operator had a "strangled goose" as its logo?

2. Who were the first people to fly from North Cape to Bluff in a single day, and whats the connection with this forum?

3. Which foreign airline provided financial backing to SPANZ in the 1960s?

4. What aircraft was produced at Te Kuiti in the 1950s, made largely of ex RNZAF Harvard parts?

5. Other than NAC and SPANZ, which was the only other airline to use DC3s for scheduled passenger services in NZ?

6. What type of aircraft did the Queen fly in when visiting Rotorua in 1953?

7. When NAC was looking for a DC3 replacement, which aircraft other than a Friendship, was a prime contender?

8. Which Aero club is based at Ruawai?

9. In TEAL / Air NZ history (but not NAC) how many aircraft have been destroyed in crashes?

10. where was the main base for Union Airways prewar?


See how you all go.....

[corsair67]

Here goes......

1. James Aviation?

4. Bennett Airtruck?

5. Mt Cook Airlines?

[Dave Homewood]

Ooh, tedium... usually my forte' ;D

My attempts

2. Who were the first people to fly from North Cape to Bluff in a single day, and whats the connection with this forum?

Teddie Harvie (on my website as a Cambridge airman) and his friend Miss Trevor Hunter

5. Other than NAC and SPANZ, which was the only other airline to use DC3s for scheduled passenger services in NZ?

I agree with Corsair, Mount Cook Airlines


9. In TEAL / Air NZ history (but not NAC) how many aircraft have been destroyed in crashes?

Two? I know of the Erebus one and one at Mangere

10. where was the main base for Union Airways prewar?

Milson, Palmerston North? Or was that during the war?

Hmm, some tricky questions. Now that the guesses off the top of my head are done, I might get my books out.

[Dave Homewood]

3. Ansett

5. To clarify, the DC-3 was flown by Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Co. Ltd.

Actually the RNZAF also flew scheduled passenger services as a psuedo airline before NAC was established, but not being civil I guess they don't count. SPANZ also flew DC-3's under the guise of Airlines of New Zealand

[Bruce]

O.K some right so far - well done guys!
#2 Ted Harvey and Trevor Hunter - yep the Cambridge link is correct
#3 Ansett
#4 Bennett Airtruck
#5 Mt Cook and southern Lakes Tourist Co (I'd accept mt cook airlines - Airlines of NZ and SPANZ were the same company - the title linked through to Ansett and "Airlines of NSW" etc)
#10 Milson Palmerston North. (athough the company was registered in Dunedin as a division of the Union Steamship co)

Thats half of them sorted - as a suggestion, have a scan of "History of NZ Aviation" by Ross Ewing and Ross Mcpherson - you'll find a few answers in there.....

I have some more questions ready - I may post them next week......

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks Bruce, but it is spelled Harvie, not Harvey

[Dave Homewood]

1. Feildair

7. Handley Page Herald

[Dave Homewood]

8. Otamatea Aero Club at Ruawai

[Dave Homewood]

Teal losses:

Short S45 Solent Mk IV flying boat ZK-AMM 'Ararangi' - destroyed by fire and broken up
Lockheed Electra ZK-TEC 'Atarua' - lost in training accident (Auckland) in 1965

Air New Zealand losses:
McDonnel Douglas DC-8 Series 52 ZK-NZB - Lost in training accident (Auckland) 1966
McDonnell Douglas DC10 ZK-NZP - lost on Mount Erebus, Antartica 28th Nov 1979

[Dave Homewood]

9. NAC de Havilland Heron

Yay!

[Bruce]

Well done - the only thing is that ZK-AMM was destroyed in a fire during ground servicing, so probably couldnt be termed a crash, however Teal / AirNZ did still lose 4 aircraft, Losing an F27 Friendship (after the merger with NAC) in 1978 on final approach into Mangere after a positioning flight.
Excellent work though everyone - Exalted Karma to you all.....