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City / Airport:Whakatane (NZWK / WHK)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:24 April 2003
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Photo ID:578977Submit Correction
View count: 249
The first FU-24 saw almost 50 years' service as an agricultural aircraft. The turbine engine was installed in 1999. ZK-BDS crashed near Matawai after becoming caught in poor weather. The pilot and loader driver survived. Tony Arbon photo.
Registration / Serial:ZK-BDS
Alternate Registration:BDS
Aircraft Version:Fletcher FU-24-950M Turbine
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Super Air
City / Airport:Whakatane (NZWK / WHK)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:24 April 2003
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
City / Airport:Whakatane (NZWK / WHK)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:24 April 2003
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Photo ID:578977Submit Correction
View count: 249
The first FU-24 saw almost 50 years' service as an agricultural aircraft. The turbine engine was installed in 1999. ZK-BDS crashed near Matawai after becoming caught in poor weather. The pilot and loader driver survived. Tony Arbon photo.
Registration / Serial:ZK-BDS
Alternate Registration:BDS
Aircraft Version:Fletcher FU-24-950M Turbine
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Super Air
City / Airport:Whakatane (NZWK / WHK)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:24 April 2003
Photo from:AustAirData CollectionWebsite
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:6 April 1955
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:183745Submit Correction
View count: 526
The first Fu-24 with its open cockpit. By October 1956 it had been enclosed. The basic aircraft remains in production albeit highly developed with a turboprop engine producing more than three times the power of the initial version.
Registration / Serial:ZK-BDS
Aircraft Version:Fletcher FU-24
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Robertson Air Service
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:6 April 1955
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:6 April 1955
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:183745Submit Correction
View count: 526
The first Fu-24 with its open cockpit. By October 1956 it had been enclosed. The basic aircraft remains in production albeit highly developed with a turboprop engine producing more than three times the power of the initial version.
Registration / Serial:ZK-BDS
Aircraft Version:Fletcher FU-24
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Robertson Air Service
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:6 April 1955
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Location:Not known
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:September 1954 to September 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:171864Submit Correction
View count: 662
The first production FU-24, first flown in the US rather than New Zealand. Delivered with an open cockpit that had been replaced by September 1956. ZK-BDS was rebuilt and upgraded several times. At the time it was destroyed in a crash at Matawai on September 20, 2003 (yes, 49 years of ag work) it was an FU-24-950M with almost twice the power it had in 1954.
Registration / Serial:ZK-BDS
Aircraft Version:Fletcher FU-24
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Robertson Air Service
Location:Not known
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:September 1954 to September 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Location:Not known
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:September 1954 to September 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:171864Submit Correction
View count: 662
The first production FU-24, first flown in the US rather than New Zealand. Delivered with an open cockpit that had been replaced by September 1956. ZK-BDS was rebuilt and upgraded several times. At the time it was destroyed in a crash at Matawai on September 20, 2003 (yes, 49 years of ag work) it was an FU-24-950M with almost twice the power it had in 1954.
Registration / Serial:ZK-BDS
Aircraft Version:Fletcher FU-24
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:Robertson Air Service
Location:Not known
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:September 1954 to September 1956
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)