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Event |
1943 |
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Constructed as a Dominie I.
By Brush Coachworks at Loughborough |
23 July 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n HG656. |
29 August 1943 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
October 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ527. |
30 August 1946 |
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To New Zealand National Airways Corporation with new c/r ZK-ALB.
Operated with markings: Tikaka |
25 July 1957 |
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To Trans Island Airways Ltd, Oamaru keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
August 1958 |
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To Coastal Airways Ltd, Auckland keeping c/r ZK-ALB.
Briefly operated passenger services from Whenuapai RNZAF Base near Auckland to Northland and towns along the north coast of the NZ North Island. |
1959 |
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To Marlborough Aero Club, Marlborough keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
7 July 1961 |
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To Ritchie Air Services Ltd, Gore, later Te Anau keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
1963 |
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Photographer: Dennis Kelly
Notes: 1963 photo at Invercargill - operated by Ritchie Air Services. |
1964 |
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To New Zealand Tourist Air Travel, Queenstown keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
1 January 1968 |
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To Mount Cook Airlines, Queenstown keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
1968 |
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Photographer: Lindsay Northrop
Notes: Queenstown NZ in September 1968, with NZ Tourist Air Travel. |
18 July 1973 |
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To Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Co Ltd keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
1974 |
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To C. Tracey and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne Victoria, Australia C/-Bill Waterton keeping c/r ZK-ALB. |
8 June 1974 |
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Photographer: Ray Deerness
Notes: June 1974 photo at Auckland - just prioir to delivery flight to Australia |
2 August 1974 |
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To C. Tracey and Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne C/-W. Waterton with new c/r VH-IAN. |
2 August 1974 |
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To Robert Fox, Gunderman, NSW with new c/r VH-UTV. |
16 October 1974 |
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To Kenneth E. Orrman, Shepparton Vic keeping c/r VH-IAN. |
February 1975 |
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Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: VH-IAN visited an airshow at Berwick Vic in February 1975. |
1983 |
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Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: 1983 photo at HMAS Nirimba, Schofields |
1 April 1999 |
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To Robert Fox, Kellyville, NSW with new c/r VH-UTV. |
4 June 1999 |
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To Robert Fox, Gunderman, NSW keeping c/r VH-UTV. |
7 August 2002 |
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To Robert Fox, Kellyville, NSW keeping c/r VH-UTV. |
26 April 2005 |
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To Robert Fox, Kellyville, NSW keeping c/r VH-UTV. |
22 February 2009 |
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Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: 2009 photo at Albion Park, Illawarra, NSW |
March 2011 |
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Markings Applied: A33-1
Rapide was repainted all silver in pre-war RAAF markings. |
March 2011 |
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Photographer: Phil Vabre
Notes: 2011 photo at Temora, NSW |
12 April 2012 |
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Assigned civil registration: VH-UTV (DH-89A, HG656) |
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Based at The Mission 1937, Wisemans Ferry, Laughtondale, New South Wales.
But due to its size - usually hangared at Bankstown, NSW.
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