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Registration / Serial: | 44-83785 |
Alternate Serial: | 483785 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
C/n (msn): | 32426 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Seventh Wonder |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 437366Submit Correction |
View count: | 648 |
This aircraft had a civil career with the CIA and then as an air tanker. Converted back to wartime configuration and flown as a warbird. Now at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon as "Shady Lady". Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | 44-83785 |
Alternate Serial: | 483785 |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
C/n (msn): | 32426 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 44-83785 |
Alternate Serial: | 483785 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299) |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
C/n (msn): | 32426 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Aircraft Name: | Seventh Wonder |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 437366Submit Correction |
View count: | 648 |
This aircraft had a civil career with the CIA and then as an air tanker. Converted back to wartime configuration and flown as a warbird. Now at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon as "Shady Lady". Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | 44-83785 |
Alternate Serial: | 483785 |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress |
C/n (msn): | 32426 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 437070Submit Correction |
View count: | 774 |
Acquired by Hants and Sussex Aviation in January, 1950. Believed to have been scrapped after being stripped of useful parts. Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 437070Submit Correction |
View count: | 774 |
Acquired by Hants and Sussex Aviation in January, 1950. Believed to have been scrapped after being stripped of useful parts. Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | VM735 |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 691 Lancastrian C2 |
C/n (msn): | [ VM735 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 26 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | MW101 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 685 York |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 685 York |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 685 York C1 |
C/n (msn): | [ MW101 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 October 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 436131Submit Correction |
View count: | 703 |
Personal aircraft of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery (Lord Montgomery) at the time of the visit to New Zealand. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | MW101 |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 685 York C1 |
C/n (msn): | [ MW101 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 October 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | MW101 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 685 York |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 685 York |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 685 York C1 |
C/n (msn): | [ MW101 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 October 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 436131Submit Correction |
View count: | 703 |
Personal aircraft of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery (Lord Montgomery) at the time of the visit to New Zealand. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | MW101 |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 685 York C1 |
C/n (msn): | [ MW101 ] |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 October 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88951 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35987 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Racer |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 4 August 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 435893Submit Correction |
View count: | 296 |
Released by the USAAF at the end of World War II to help American airlines re-establish air services. Ex USAAF C-54G 45-534, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in 1947 (conversion #80) and delivered to Pan Am in May 1947. Returned to the USAF in 1953 as 45-534. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | NC88951 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35987 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 4 August 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88951 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35987 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Racer |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 4 August 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 435893Submit Correction |
View count: | 296 |
Released by the USAAF at the end of World War II to help American airlines re-establish air services. Ex USAAF C-54G 45-534, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in 1947 (conversion #80) and delivered to Pan Am in May 1947. Returned to the USAF in 1953 as 45-534. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | NC88951 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35987 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 4 August 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88886 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54E-DC |
C/n (msn): | 27311 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Mandarin |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 12 September 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 435615Submit Correction |
View count: | 425 |
Ex USAAF C-54E 44-9085, converted by Douglas to civil C54E-DC in 1945 (conversion #2) and delivered to Pan Am in September 1945. Sold in Lebanon in 1961 as OD-ADW. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | NC88886 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54E-DC |
C/n (msn): | 27311 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 12 September 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88886 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54E-DC |
C/n (msn): | 27311 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Mandarin |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 12 September 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 435615Submit Correction |
View count: | 425 |
Ex USAAF C-54E 44-9085, converted by Douglas to civil C54E-DC in 1945 (conversion #2) and delivered to Pan Am in September 1945. Sold in Lebanon in 1961 as OD-ADW. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | NC88886 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54E-DC |
C/n (msn): | 27311 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 12 September 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | PH-TLW |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54A Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 7455 |
Operator Titles: | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij |
Aircraft Name: | Overloon |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 435244Submit Correction |
View count: | 1176 |
Reregistered PH-DBW in 1954. KLM operated several charter flights during 1950 carrying migrants from the Netherlands to Australia and New Zealand. At the time KLM had yet to resume its pre-war scheduled service to Australia. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | PH-TLW |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54A Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 7455 |
Operator Titles: | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | PH-TLW |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54A Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 7455 |
Operator Titles: | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij |
Aircraft Name: | Overloon |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 435244Submit Correction |
View count: | 1176 |
Reregistered PH-DBW in 1954. KLM operated several charter flights during 1950 carrying migrants from the Netherlands to Australia and New Zealand. At the time KLM had yet to resume its pre-war scheduled service to Australia. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | PH-TLW |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54A Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 7455 |
Operator Titles: | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | KL979 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 10635 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | 1359 Flight |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 19 December 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434924Submit Correction |
View count: | 419 |
KL979 had flown from London to Whenuapai carrying the NZ Labour Minister. It picked up the NZ prime minister and flew him to London via Washington DC, completing a round-the-world mission. In London the prime minister attended the first session of the United Nations General Assembly on January 10, 1946. KL979 was returned to the US in 1946 and was then passed to the US Navy. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | KL979 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 10635 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 19 December 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | KL979 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 10635 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Unit Markings: | 1359 Flight |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 19 December 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434924Submit Correction |
View count: | 419 |
KL979 had flown from London to Whenuapai carrying the NZ Labour Minister. It picked up the NZ prime minister and flew him to London via Washington DC, completing a round-the-world mission. In London the prime minister attended the first session of the United Nations General Assembly on January 10, 1946. KL979 was returned to the US in 1946 and was then passed to the US Navy. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | KL979 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 10635 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 19 December 1945 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | N79012 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
C/n (msn): | 10274 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Argonaut |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 24 September 1954 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434636Submit Correction |
View count: | 342 |
Ex USAAF C-54A 42-72169, converted by Douglas to civil C54A-DC in 1946 (conversion #38) and delivered to Pan Am in April 1947. Sold in Argentina as LV-GJV in 1960. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Kennedy Library
Registration / Serial: | N79012 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
C/n (msn): | 10274 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 24 September 1954 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | N79012 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
C/n (msn): | 10274 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Argonaut |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 24 September 1954 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434636Submit Correction |
View count: | 342 |
Ex USAAF C-54A 42-72169, converted by Douglas to civil C54A-DC in 1946 (conversion #38) and delivered to Pan Am in April 1947. Sold in Argentina as LV-GJV in 1960. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Kennedy Library
Registration / Serial: | N79012 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
C/n (msn): | 10274 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 24 September 1954 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | A52-1006 |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito T3 |
C/n (msn): | [ HJ968 ] |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434629Submit Correction |
View count: | 377 |
British production aircraft used in the training role by the RAAF from 1943. Sold to the RNZAF in 1946, seen here on delivery. Became NZ2302. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | A52-1006 |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito T3 |
C/n (msn): | [ HJ968 ] |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | A52-1006 |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito T3 |
C/n (msn): | [ HJ968 ] |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434629Submit Correction |
View count: | 377 |
British production aircraft used in the training role by the RAAF from 1943. Sold to the RNZAF in 1946, seen here on delivery. Became NZ2302. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | A52-1006 |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito T3 |
C/n (msn): | [ HJ968 ] |
Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 November 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 44-47506 |
Alternate Serial: | 447506 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 18 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 18 (C-45) |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C-45F Expeditor |
C/n (msn): | 7914 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434345Submit Correction |
View count: | 351 |
Probably attached to the US Embassy. Fate unknown but it is not the C-45 with this serial on static display at Tergnier, France nor the Beech 18 ZK-TEX painted as 44-47506. The French aircraft copied the markings on ZK-TEX but with the registration "ZI-TEX". Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | 44-47506 |
Alternate Serial: | 447506 |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C-45F Expeditor |
C/n (msn): | 7914 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 44-47506 |
Alternate Serial: | 447506 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 18 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 18 (C-45) |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C-45F Expeditor |
C/n (msn): | 7914 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434345Submit Correction |
View count: | 351 |
Probably attached to the US Embassy. Fate unknown but it is not the C-45 with this serial on static display at Tergnier, France nor the Beech 18 ZK-TEX painted as 44-47506. The French aircraft copied the markings on ZK-TEX but with the registration "ZI-TEX". Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | 44-47506 |
Alternate Serial: | 447506 |
Aircraft Version: | Beech C-45F Expeditor |
C/n (msn): | 7914 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | G-AJJN |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 636 Viking 1B |
C/n (msn): | 289 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | May 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434095Submit Correction |
View count: | 471 |
G-AJJN undertook a long sales tour that reached Australia and New Zealand. With war surplus C-47s readily available to airlines in both countries the tour failed to win an order. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | G-AJJN |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 636 Viking 1B |
C/n (msn): | 289 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | May 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | G-AJJN |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 636 Viking 1B |
C/n (msn): | 289 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | May 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434095Submit Correction |
View count: | 471 |
G-AJJN undertook a long sales tour that reached Australia and New Zealand. With war surplus C-47s readily available to airlines in both countries the tour failed to win an order. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | G-AJJN |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers 636 Viking 1B |
C/n (msn): | 289 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | May 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | CF-CUO |
Fleet number: | 431 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-6B |
C/n (msn): | 43842 / 312 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
Aircraft Name: | Empress of Honolulu |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 6 May 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434092Submit Correction |
View count: | 468 |
CF-CUO fleet number 431 is normally listed as Empress of Lima but here at Auckland in May 1953 it is Empress of Honolulu. The aircraft was sold in France as F-BHMR in 1959. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | CF-CUO |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-6B |
C/n (msn): | 43842 / 312 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 6 May 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | CF-CUO |
Fleet number: | 431 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-6B |
C/n (msn): | 43842 / 312 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
Aircraft Name: | Empress of Honolulu |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 6 May 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 434092Submit Correction |
View count: | 468 |
CF-CUO fleet number 431 is normally listed as Empress of Lima but here at Auckland in May 1953 it is Empress of Honolulu. The aircraft was sold in France as F-BHMR in 1959. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | CF-CUO |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-6B |
C/n (msn): | 43842 / 312 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 6 May 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | ZK-ARY |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth |
C/n (msn): | 83396/DHNZ48 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 9 June 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433557Submit Correction |
View count: | 153 |
Crashed at Kaipaki on July 14, 1951. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | ZK-ARY |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth |
C/n (msn): | 83396/DHNZ48 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 9 June 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | ZK-ARY |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 82 Tiger Moth |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth |
C/n (msn): | 83396/DHNZ48 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 9 June 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433557Submit Correction |
View count: | 153 |
Crashed at Kaipaki on July 14, 1951. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | ZK-ARY |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth |
C/n (msn): | 83396/DHNZ48 |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 9 June 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | VH-TAD |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43068 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
Aircraft Name: | McDouall Stuart |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 July 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433554Submit Correction |
View count: | 447 |
Sold in Canada as CF-LOY in 1959. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | VH-TAD |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43068 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 July 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | VH-TAD |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43068 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
Aircraft Name: | McDouall Stuart |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 July 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433554Submit Correction |
View count: | 447 |
Sold in Canada as CF-LOY in 1959. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | VH-TAD |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43068 |
Operator Titles: | Trans-Australia Airlines - TAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 31 July 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | VH-BPA |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43067 |
Operator Titles: | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA |
Aircraft Name: | RMA Resolution |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | July 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433552Submit Correction |
View count: | 432 |
Ex VH-TAC with Trans Australia Airlines. Flew with BCPA from April 1948 until replaced by Douglas DC-6s. Sold to Qantas as VH-EBL in February 1949. VH-INY with Ansett-ANA from 1959 and later ZS-IGB. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | VH-BPA |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43067 |
Operator Titles: | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | July 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | VH-BPA |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43067 |
Operator Titles: | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA |
Aircraft Name: | RMA Resolution |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | July 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433552Submit Correction |
View count: | 432 |
Ex VH-TAC with Trans Australia Airlines. Flew with BCPA from April 1948 until replaced by Douglas DC-6s. Sold to Qantas as VH-EBL in February 1949. VH-INY with Ansett-ANA from 1959 and later ZS-IGB. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | VH-BPA |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
C/n (msn): | 43067 |
Operator Titles: | British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines - BCPA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | July 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | G-APDC |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4 |
C/n (msn): | 6404 |
Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 October 1959 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433549Submit Correction |
View count: | 542 |
Leased to Malaysian Airlines, later Malaysian Singapore Airlines as 9M-AOV and then 9V-BAT. Returned to the UK in 1969 for service with Dan-Air and scrapped in 1975. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | G-APDC |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4 |
C/n (msn): | 6404 |
Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 October 1959 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | G-APDC |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4 |
C/n (msn): | 6404 |
Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 October 1959 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 433549Submit Correction |
View count: | 542 |
Leased to Malaysian Airlines, later Malaysian Singapore Airlines as 9M-AOV and then 9V-BAT. Returned to the UK in 1969 for service with Dan-Air and scrapped in 1975. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | G-APDC |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4 |
C/n (msn): | 6404 |
Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 8 October 1959 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88944 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35937 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Ocean Express |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | June 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 432575Submit Correction |
View count: | 321 |
One of the C-54Gs released by the USAAF for airline use at the end of World War II. It is ex C-54G 45-484, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in 1947 (conversion #78) and delivered to Pan Am in April 1947. It was returned to the USAF in January 1954 as 45-484 and converted to VC-54G. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | NC88944 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35937 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | June 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88944 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35937 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Ocean Express |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | June 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 432575Submit Correction |
View count: | 321 |
One of the C-54Gs released by the USAAF for airline use at the end of World War II. It is ex C-54G 45-484, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in 1947 (conversion #78) and delivered to Pan Am in April 1947. It was returned to the USAF in January 1954 as 45-484 and converted to VC-54G. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | NC88944 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 35937 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | June 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | CF-CPJ |
Fleet number: | 403 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Canadair C-4/C-5/DC-4M/C-54 North Star/Argonaut (CL-2/4/5) |
Aircraft Version: | Canadair DC-4M-1 North Star |
C/n (msn): | 149 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
Aircraft Name: | Empress of Auckland |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | January 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 432542Submit Correction |
View count: | 537 |
Reregistered CF-TFV in February 1952. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | CF-CPJ |
Aircraft Version: | Canadair DC-4M-1 North Star |
C/n (msn): | 149 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | January 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | CF-CPJ |
Fleet number: | 403 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Canadair C-4/C-5/DC-4M/C-54 North Star/Argonaut (CL-2/4/5) |
Aircraft Version: | Canadair DC-4M-1 North Star |
C/n (msn): | 149 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
Aircraft Name: | Empress of Auckland |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | January 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 432542Submit Correction |
View count: | 537 |
Reregistered CF-TFV in February 1952. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial: | CF-CPJ |
Aircraft Version: | Canadair DC-4M-1 North Star |
C/n (msn): | 149 |
Operator Titles: | Canadian Pacific Airlines |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | January 1950 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NZ3902 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Westland P-531 Scout/Wasp |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland P-531 Scout/Wasp |
Aircraft Version: | Westland Wasp HAS1 (P-531-2) |
C/n (msn): | F.9679 |
Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Navy |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1982 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 432015Submit Correction |
View count: | 207 |
Donated to the NZ Navy museum which in turn lent it to the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial: | NZ3902 |
Aircraft Version: | Westland Wasp HAS1 (P-531-2) |
C/n (msn): | F.9679 |
Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Navy |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1982 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NZ3902 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Westland P-531 Scout/Wasp |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland P-531 Scout/Wasp |
Aircraft Version: | Westland Wasp HAS1 (P-531-2) |
C/n (msn): | F.9679 |
Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Navy |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1982 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 432015Submit Correction |
View count: | 207 |
Donated to the NZ Navy museum which in turn lent it to the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial: | NZ3902 |
Aircraft Version: | Westland Wasp HAS1 (P-531-2) |
C/n (msn): | F.9679 |
Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Navy |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 1982 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88946 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 36069 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Argonaut |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 11 March 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 431797Submit Correction |
View count: | 337 |
One of the C-54s released by the USAAF to help re-establish air services after World War II. Ex USAAF C-54G 45-616, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in early 1947 (conversion #71) and delivered to Pan Am in January 1947. It passed to Transocean as N9938F in 1951, before returning the USAF in 1953 as 45-616. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library .
Registration / Serial: | NC88946 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 36069 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 11 March 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | NC88946 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 36069 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
Aircraft Name: | Clipper Argonaut |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map |
Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 11 March 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 431797Submit Correction |
View count: | 337 |
One of the C-54s released by the USAAF to help re-establish air services after World War II. Ex USAAF C-54G 45-616, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in early 1947 (conversion #71) and delivered to Pan Am in January 1947. It passed to Transocean as N9938F in 1951, before returning the USAF in 1953 as 45-616. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library .
Registration / Serial: | NC88946 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54G-DC |
C/n (msn): | 36069 |
Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - PAA |
City / Airport: | Whenuapai (NZWP)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
Photo Date: | 11 March 1948 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |