Registration / Serial: | ZK-BYE |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
C/n (msn): | 13529 |
Aircraft Name: | Jean Batten |
City / Airport: | Auckland - International (NZAA / AKL)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 29 December 1967 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Photo ID: | 649655Submit Correction |
View count: | 170 |
Build as a C-47A. Sold to ANA in Australia VH-IND. Double cargo doors replaced by a single passenger door and P&W R-1830 engines replaced by Wright R-1820s in line with rest of the fleet. ANA taken over by Ansett. VH-IND transferred to subsidiary South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (SPANZ) as ZK-BYE. Given Viewmaster windows and P&W R-1830 refitted. WFU when SPANZ closed. Sold to Air America in Laos as XW-PFX in February 1968.
Registration / Serial: | ZK-BYE |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
C/n (msn): | 13529 |
City / Airport: | Auckland - International (NZAA / AKL)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 29 December 1967 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Registration / Serial: | ZK-BYE |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
C/n (msn): | 13529 |
Aircraft Name: | Jean Batten |
City / Airport: | Auckland - International (NZAA / AKL)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 29 December 1967 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |
Photo ID: | 649655Submit Correction |
View count: | 170 |
Build as a C-47A. Sold to ANA in Australia VH-IND. Double cargo doors replaced by a single passenger door and P&W R-1830 engines replaced by Wright R-1820s in line with rest of the fleet. ANA taken over by Ansett. VH-IND transferred to subsidiary South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (SPANZ) as ZK-BYE. Given Viewmaster windows and P&W R-1830 refitted. WFU when SPANZ closed. Sold to Air America in Laos as XW-PFX in February 1968.
Registration / Serial: | ZK-BYE |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
C/n (msn): | 13529 |
City / Airport: | Auckland - International (NZAA / AKL)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 29 December 1967 |
Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter)Website |