Aircraft Photo of NZ5802 | Handley Page HP-95 Hastings C3 | New Zealand - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NZ5802
Aircraft Original Type:	Handley Page HP-67 Hastings
Aircraft Generic Type:	Handley Page HP-67/94/95 Hastings
Aircraft Version:	Handley Page HP-95 Hastings C3
C/n (msn):	HP952
Operator Titles:	New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:	40 Sqn

Location
City / Airport:	WhenuapaiMap
Country:	New Zealand
Airport Codes:	ICAO: NZWP IATA: - Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	May 1965 to November 1965
Photo from:	Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:	289178

Photo Comment
With its elevators removed, this photo appears to show the aircraft after it was withdrawn from use in May 1965. The Pan Am DC-7C in the background shows international airline flights were still using Whenuapai. They were moved to the new international airport (NZAA) in November 1965 allowing the DC-7Cs to be replaced by 707s. The other aircraft in the background in an RNZAF DC-6. NZ5802 was flown to Ohakea in February 1966 and scrapped. This photo was added on 15 October 2020, and has since been viewed 470 times.

Photo Comment

With its elevators removed, this photo appears to show the aircraft after it was withdrawn from use in May 1965. The Pan Am DC-7C in the background shows international airline flights were still using Whenuapai. They were moved to the new international airport (NZAA) in November 1965 allowing the DC-7Cs to be replaced by 707s. The other aircraft in the background in an RNZAF DC-6. NZ5802 was flown to Ohakea in February 1966 and scrapped.

This photo was added on 15 October 2020, and has since been viewed 470 times.

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