| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-AMA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-30 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-30 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-30 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S886 |
| Operator Titles: | (TEAL - Tasman Empire Airways) |
| Aircraft Name: | Aotearoa |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Seaplane Base: | Auckland - Mechanics Bay Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | January 1946 to October 1947 |
| Photo from: | Ben Dannecker (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 131274 |
| Photo Comment |
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Undated photo but postwar as the TEAL logo was not applied until then. ZK-AMA was delivered in 1939. It was towed into storage at RNZAF Hobsonville in November 1947. In August 1945 it was fast taxied, up on the step according to witnesses, to Mission Bay where it was to become an attraction. This was not to last and -AMA was scrapped in October 1950. This photo was added on 13 March 2019, and has since been viewed 743 times. |