ZK-COV   c/n 1602
Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 16/07/1965, ff 15/11/1965
To Auster Air Services, Timaru, 19/11/1965
Based at Waimate, flown by Eric Gawler until February 1971, then Arthur Rudge
To Airwork (NZ) Ltd., Christchurch, 16/05/1974
Crashed near Cave, 01/03/1975
Written off.
Arthur Rudge & 8 year old passenger fatally injured
COV working off Ardlogie strip, Waimate, South Canterbury.
The airstrip faces down into the Hakataramea Valley and these were taken
on a frosty morning in the early 1970's, exact date unknown.

      © Craig Powell