Aircraft Photo of NZ918 | North American AT-16 Harvard II

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NZ918
Aircraft Original Type:	North American BC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:	North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard
Aircraft Version:	North American AT-16 Harvard II
C/n (msn):	66-2711

Location
City / Area:	Paihatua / Harvard Adventure Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:	New Zealand

Photo Date:	1964 to 1969
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	473053

Photo Comment
This is the actual NZ918, replaced by a fibreglass replica in 2015 due to corrosion. Service club Jaycees converted NZ918 into playground equipment in 1963 with an entry ladder below the rear cockpit and a slide under the nose. Effort was later made to correct the rudder shape but it remained less accurate than the replica. NZ918 can now be seen at nearby Mangatainoka where is mounted on a gimbal and acts a weather vane still with the inaccurate rudder. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand This photo was added on 1 July 2022, and has since been viewed 226 times.

Photo Comment

This is the actual NZ918, replaced by a fibreglass replica in 2015 due to corrosion. Service club Jaycees converted NZ918 into playground equipment in 1963 with an entry ladder below the rear cockpit and a slide under the nose. Effort was later made to correct the rudder shape but it remained less accurate than the replica. NZ918 can now be seen at nearby Mangatainoka where is mounted on a gimbal and acts a weather vane still with the inaccurate rudder. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

This photo was added on 1 July 2022, and has since been viewed 226 times.

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