Mount Cook Airlines ZK-BEU | Aeroplane Heaven DC-3 Dakota
History of ZK-BEU Credit - http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdakota.htm
BOC Unit 19 Whenuapai.
To No.40 Squadron, Whenuapai.
To 41 Squadron March 1946.
INST117 at TTS Wigram 06 November 1946.
SOC 11 March 1948.
Sold by tender number 5267 (11/02/1954) for 200 pounds to NZNAC on 03 March 1954.
Registered as ZK-BEU.
Converted to DC3-C at Christchurch 17 December 1955.
Converted to DC3-C Skyliner at Christchurch 24 July 1964.
To Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Company 25 June 1970 with 24,903 hours total time.
Retired from airline service 16 May 1978 as New Zealand's last commercial passenger DC3.
Sold to Alpine Helicopters 25 January 1979 for transporting live deer, with total of 31,034 hours total time.
Retired in October 1980 with 33,588 flying hours logged.
To Zephyr Films.
Engines and all serviceable equipment removed and aircraft was floated across Lake Wakatipu on 11 November 1980 painted as USAAF "I-7689" for filming of "Race to the Yankee Zephyr".
Following completion of filming the aircraft was beached and the remains broken up.
Registration cancelled 08 April 1981 as withdrawn from use.
Your liveries are great! Have you thought of doing a KLM or Pan Am livery?
1 years ago
Thank you, could consider it yes.
1 years ago
KiwiFlightSim
HST2111
Looks great, thanks!
Just curious about the livery and date - I see two versions: one like you made and another where the flower is in front of the rudder. Do you know which came first and when they changed it?
1 years ago
Appreciate it,
The scheme with the lily on the front of the tail was the first. Not sure when the centralised lily came into play.
1 years ago
KiwiFlightSim
MojaveHigh
Awesome...again, Thank you.
Are you thinking of doing any RNZAF liveries ?
1 years ago
Cheers,
I've done ZK-DAK at this stage which is in an RNZAF scheme, not sure if i'll make historical RNZAF schemes yet.
1 years ago
KiwiFlightSim
NapalmKiwi