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Dates |
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Event |
1943 |
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Constructed as a R4D-1. |
From 6 June 1943 to 30 November 1946 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 4703. |
1948 |
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To Jarosair of Miami, FL with new c/r C-900. |
Circa 1951 |
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To Dow Chemical Co with new c/r N1699M. |
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To Draper Chemical Co with new c/r N69D. |
June 1963 |
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To Airflite Inc of Freeland, MI with new c/r N234Z. |
1964 |
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To Pennzoil Co, Oil City, PA keeping c/r N234Z. |
Circa 1971 |
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To Pennzoil United Co, Houston, TX keeping c/r N234Z. |
3 May 1978 |
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To Jerry Foster Enterprises keeping c/r N234Z. |
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To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Dereham Norfolk keeping c/r N234Z. |
5 September 1979 |
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To Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia with new c/r HZ-TA3.
Operated with markings: Sara |
March 1987 |
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To Jerry Foster Enterprises Inc, Nashville, TN, with new c/r N234Z. |
1988 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Stored at Nairobi, Kenya. |
January 1989 |
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To Newcal Aviation Inc of Little Ferry, NJ with new c/r N234Z. |
19 June 1989 |
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To Acer Corp. of New York, NY keeping c/r N234Z. |
26 September 1990 |
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Civil registration, N234Z, cancelled.
Exported to South Africa. |
September 1990 |
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To Gert de Klerk/Wonderair with new c/r ZS-MRU. |
By 1992 |
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To Avia Air Charter, Wonderboom Airport, keeping c/r ZS-MRU. |
Circa 2001 |
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The aircraft had Naturelink Spirit of Adventure titles applied (ownership to Naturelink) and by October 2002 acquired a luxurious interior with leather seats, operating on safari type passenger charter work (to destinations such Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Vilanculos, Mozambique and Maun in the Okavango Swamps, Botswana) for Naturelink. |
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Civil registration TF-AVN reserved but not taken up. |
Circa 2006 |
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Ferry flight.
To Dunsfold in the UK. |
Circa 2007 |
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Photographer: Jacky Billaud |
28 July 2011 |
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To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Ditchingham Bungay with new c/r N451ZS. |
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Used in the movie - CASINO ROYALE. |
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Withdrawn from use. |
30 January 2015 |
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Civil registration, N451ZS, cancelled.
Exported to New Zealand. |
February 2015 |
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To Airscapade Affairs Limited, Te Anau with new c/r ZK-JGB. |
14 December 2015 |
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Civil registration, ZK-JGB, cancelled. |
March 2016 |
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Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: At Omaka Airport, South Island, New Zealand |
7 March 2016 |
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Civil registration, N451ZS, cancelled.
Exported to New Zealand. |
18 March 2016 |
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To Airscapade Affairs Limited, Te Anau with new c/r ZK-JGB. |
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