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    Airframe Family: Armstrong Whitworth AW-650/660 Argosy
    Latest Model:AW-650-222 Argosy
    Construction Number:6801
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-SAF
    Compressed ID:Armstrong Whitworth AW-650-222 cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ian Blowers New Zealand School of Aviation, Woodbourne Air Force Base, Blenheim,

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    Dates

    Event

    1965

    Constructed as an AW-650-222.

    10 February 1965

    To British European Airways with new c/r G-ASXM.

    June 1970

    To Transair, Canada with new c/r CF-TAG.

    November 1971

    To Aer Turas with new c/r EI-AVJ.

    23 September 1972


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1972 photo at Winnipeg - In 1970 local airline Transair bought three of these Armstong-Whitworth Argosy aircraft to replace the DC-4s running freight up north. Being designed for European service they were a little short on range and so this one is on its way to a new start in Eire. It later went to New Zealand where it was wrecked in a 1990 landing accident

    November 1972

    To Transair, Canada with new c/r CF-TAG.

    From October 1973 to February 1990

    To Safe Air (NZ) with new c/r ZK-SAF.

    1989


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1989 photo at Christchurch International

    4 January 1990

    Crashed.
    At Woodburne NZ.

    To Ian Blowers New Zealand School of Aviation, Woodbourne Air Force Base, Blenheim,.
    Is partially restoring this airframe as a training aid. She is missing her tail booms and rear fuselage door.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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