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Beaver Production List This document in Excel form is a listing of the whereabouts and history of over 1,000 Beavers. Current Global Beaver Owners as at January 2009 is here New Zealand Beaver Information in Excel form (as per "Information" page) Some more Kiwi info from Ian MacIntosh in the U.K. is here Another version from Ian MacIntosh is here Fieldair History from 1949 to 1976 in Excel form. The Company which imported 19 Beavers for aerial topdressing. A wee Essay from Hamiltonian Mike Feeney about the Beaver can be found here. Below is an alphabetical listing of all known Beaver importations into N.Z. Please contact me if this info needs alteration. ZK-AQA c/n 1467 Delivered 09/05/1961 to Government Of The Republic of Ghana as G-207 Reg'd in the U.S.A as N37761 (No details) Reg'd as 9M AXE (No details) To Australia, reg'd as VH-IML to Wira Kris Aerial Ag Services 01/08/1974 Cancelled 01/08/1979 To Aquatic Airways, Palm Beach, NSW as VH-AQA 18/08/1983 To Sydney Harbour Seaplanes June 1993 Rebuild attempted at Bankstown Exported to New Zealand 2008 Under-going rebuild with Wright-Air, Tauranga ZK-AVL c/n 148 Imported by Rural Aviation, New Plymouth, December 1951, then to James Aviation, Hamilton. It was then purchased by Aerial Farming (Holdings), Palmerston North, January 1959. Written off in an accident at Tairoa, near Taihape 21/12/1959 George Shirtcliffe fatally injured ZK-AXK c/n 89 Imported by Rural Aviation, New Plymouth, 12th January1951. The first Beaver to be imported into N.Z. Assembled at Mangere by Miles King, Don Andrews and Doug Hull Nicknamed "Jerry" after Jerry Hooper who was the first pilot killed in Aerial Topdressing in N.Z. Flown by Bill Sutton & Keith McCready (New Plymouth) Flown by Bert Burrowes, Cliff East, Don Thorpe and Ramsay McGill at Fielding from 1953 onwards. Written off in an accident near Maungamahu, 20/04/1954. Ramsay McGill fatally injured ZK-AYT c/n 138 Imported by Rural Aviation, New Plymouth, 12th October 1951. Flown by Phil Lightband, Cliff East, Keith McCready, Arnold Mangush, Don Erceg and Frank Ferrier. Based at New Plymouth and Fielding Written off in an accident at Akito, 23/04/1956 ZK-AZB c/n 156 The first Beaver purchased by Fieldair, originally imported by De Havilland, Wellington Aircraft received crated at Mangere (Logbook entry dated 18/12/1951) Lawson Field saw the capabilities of this aircraft and bought it 19/12/1951. Aircraft assembled at Mangere and inspection carried out under Works order no. B4007 dated 21/12/1951 Test flown 21/12/1951 Flown to Gisborne 23/12/1951 taking 1 hour 40 minutes Flown to Wellington for hopper installation First operational job performed off Gisborne Aerodrome by Gerry Oman March 1952 First strip job at Rere completed 22nd March 1952 taking 14 hours 25 minutes First 50 hour inspection carried out 1st April 1952, signed off by Snow Bennett Flown at Gisborne by Gerry Oman, Noel Marshall and Bob Allen, later by Bruce Thompson 30/07/1955; Fuselage Tail structure damaged. Skin replaced from Stn 228.80 to Stn 245.39 25/08/1959; Withdrawn from service for complete overhaul incl. new hopper, signed off by J.R.Dunstan tt 3,953.25 Restored as the East Coast Air Services "Flagship" 10/07/1961. Flown by Don Thorpe Based at Gisborne, Wairoa, Hastings, Waipukarau, Masterton and Dannevirke Flown by Jack McCurdy at Wairoa 1965. Forced landed in swamp, Wairoa, 20th March 1967. Jack McCurdy injured To Fieldair Holdings (Central) Ltd. 18/12/1970. 10,000 hours reached May 1971 Withdrawn from service 6/07/1976 as C of A expired tt 12,716.40 Withdrawn from service 21/11/1983 as C of A expired tt 15,818.25 Stored at Gisborne To Fieldair Holdings Ltd. Palmerston North, 30/03/1984. Rebuild started late 1986 at Gisborne 23/06/1987 Complete overhaul completed. All Agricultural equipment removed. Back to standard configuration. To Motiti Island Air, First flight 31/07/1987 Tga - Motiti - Tga 15/08/1989 Centre fuel tank removed. Hopper, hopper box and controls fitted To Hallett Griffin, P. North, 14/04/90 Operated as topdresser from Hallett Griffins base at Kairanga tt 16,256 hrs Last entry in NZ logbook 17/11/1992 tt 17190.90 hours Sold to Walair Ltd., Walcha, NSW, Australia 16/03/98 where it is still active topdressing. Total time over 22,000 hours Sold back to Kayla Holdings, Hallett Griffin 23/02/2009. Performed last topdressing in Australia 06/10/2009 by Hallett Griffin on Ian Lupton's farm at Guyra, NSW To be flown to Bankstown and prepared for Container shipping to NZ by John Land at Airag Ltd. Arrived at Bankstown 12th December and flown by David Salter. Packed into a container 27th January 2010 and sailed for home 6th February 2010, heading for Napier Will be re-registered as ZK-AZB and painted in the old blue Fieldair colours ZK-BBX c/n 324 Delivered 22/08/1952 Registered to Fieldair Ltd. 24/11/1952. First flight 07/01/1953 Delivered to Fieldair 14/01/1953. Flown by Noel Marshall, later Arch Fraser & Mike Feeney Flown by Brian Noblett 1965. Also flown by Derek Erskine, Alf Rogers, Noel Kinvig, Ian Rankin, Mike Tucker, Ray Misson, John Rika, Steve Welch and Jim Doyle. Configured to sprayer late 1985 N.Z Registration cancelled 26/09/1988 Exported to Australia and registered as VH-IDR 04/11/1988 Used as a sprayer by Western Aerial Crop Spraying, Derrinallum, Victoria. Australian Registration cancelled 10/09/1993 Exported back to N.Z.13/09/1993 and restored by current owner, Jim Frogley, Havelock North. Still active as the only Beaver topdresser in N.Z. ZK-BDI c/n 462 Imported by De Havilland (NZ) Ltd., Wellington 14/07/1953. ff 02/10/1953 To James Aviation Ltd., Hamilton. 'No.2' flown by Hap Neville (53/54), Red McNally (54/55) Flown by Peter McNab 1955 until badly damaged by gale force winds at Taupo, 12/05/1958. Registration cancelled. Wreck purchased by Aerial Farming (NZ) Ltd., Palmerston North. Rebuilt by Aerial Farming with new registration, ZK-BMO. Test flown 19/12/1958 Flown by Bob Divehall until January 1960, then Bruce McMillan. Crashed at Niho Niho, 02/09/1960. Wreck exported to Australia, rebuilt as VH-AAW and operated by Aerial Agriculture Ltd. To Robby's Aircraft Pty. Ltd. as VH-RAS. Imported back to N.Z. April, 1966 by Fieldair Ltd. at Gisborne as ZK-CPZ. ff 15/03/1966 Flown by Bob Cranston, Harley Cadwallader, Neville Worsley & Jim Frogley Fieldair Holdings (Central) Ltd., Palmerston North, 18/11/1980. To Kairanga Aviation Ltd., Palmerston North, 16/09/1983. Registration changed back to ZK-BDI. Sold to Parakai Parachute Centre, Balmoral, 08/02/1988. To P. Roberts, (Fieldair), Palmerston North, 29/09/1990 Exported to Australia 1990. Registered as VH-BOS 10/01/1991 to Altair Aviation P/L, Camperdown, Victoria. ZK-BFN c/n 564 Originally registered in Canada as CF-HGW April 1954 Imported by DH NZ April 1954. ff 17/09/1954 (No hopper, fencepost dropping trials) To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne 20/05/1955. Flown by Don Thorp, Jack McCurdy, Gerry Oman, Alan Condon and Ken Olsen Flown by Noel Kinvig 1965 Crashed on test flight after rebuild at Gisborne, 14/04/1969 Aileron controls incorrectly fitted. John Riddell and Harley Cadwallader seriously injured. Fate of wreck unknown. ZK-BFO c/n 609 Imported by DH NZ 14/05/1954. ff 13/08/1954 To James Aviation, Hamilton. 'No.3' flown by Hap Neville & Bill Pentecost (non-ag) Hopper fitted. First Ag flight by Bill Pentecost 17/10/1956. Damaged at Rotoiti 26/04/1957 Sold to Airwork (NZ) Ltd., Christchurch 1955 and rebuilt Flown by Derek Erskine, Colin Green and Stan Dodwell Crashed at Scargill, Nth Canterbury, 28/02/1964 Sold "as is" to Air Contracts Ltd., Masterton, 02/07/1964 and rebuilt, flown by John Jenkins from 06/11/1964 Later flown by Neville Worsley. Exported to Bannock Aerospace, Vancouver, Canada, 26/01/1970, registered as CF-AXD to Cross Lake Air. Destroyed in crash June 1972. ZK-BMF c/n 948 Imported by DH NZ, ff 04/03/1958 and used as a demonstrator. To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne 24/04/1961 and flown by Jim Doyle at Dannevirke Flown by Ray Misson 1965 Flown by Bill Luther early 80's To FR & MK Wright, Tauranga, 1992, rebuilt to passenger configuration. Exported to Canada 1994, Registered as N712TS Washington State USA Crashed 20/09/2004, 5 fatalities Missing, presumed destroyed ZK-BMO c/n 462 See ZK-BDI ZK-BVR c/n 126 Originally delivered to Central African Airways, 1951 To Australia as VH-EPY at Western Aerial Crop Spraying, Derrinallum, Victoria. To New Zealand 1994. (Parakai Parachute Club) as ZK-BVR To USA 1997 Still Active as N888KM, Washington State USA ZK-BXJ c/n 1054 Originally delivered to the US Army 25/02/1957 then to State Airlines in the US Imported by DH NZ 1965, ff 07/10/1965 To Barr Bros., Waipukarau 08/10/1965 Flown by Dennis Hartley & Peter Cook Flown by Graeme Brough when it crashed into loader at Tutira 02/06/1973 Wreck exported to Aerial Agriculture, as VH-IMC Restored 1984 and exported to Canada Still Active as C-FYNT Mascouche, Canada ZK-BXN c/n 1597 Delivered to Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, June 1965, ff 22/10/1965 To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne 22/10/1965 Flown by Bob Grave 1965. Also flown by Ray Misson and Mike Tucker To Rangitikei Air Services, Taihape, April, 1977 and named "Pukeokahu" and "The Fletcher Eater" Flown by Patrick Lonergan Exported to Alaska 1997 Still Active as N99NL Chugiak, Alaska ZK-CCY c/n 1512 Delivered to DH NZ 06/11/1962, ff 20/02/1963 To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne 20/02/1963 Flown by Alan Condon, Noel Bennett 1965 and Alf Rogers Flown by Doug Sklenars 1968 to 1973 Flown by Andy Stevenson at Ruatoria 1973 to 1977 Exported to Australia, 1990, as VH-XIX Crashed 1991 at Guyra. Rebuilt back at Gisborne c/o F&K Wright, Tauranga. To Float Air Picton 1994 Exported to Canada 1996 To Hamburg, Germany, 1996 Registered there as D-FVIP Crashed 02/07/2006, Hamburg. Destroyed. ZK-CFU c/n 1530 Assembled at Rongotai, ff April, 1964 Flown to Fieldair, Gisborne 14/04/1964 Flown by Charlie Down at Gisborne 1965 onwards Flown by Jim Frogley at Napier 1974 Flown by Dave Ashworth at Waipukarau, taxied into ditch Waipukarau drome 20/03/78. Repaired Swung off strip at Tikokino 16/05/78, forced landed heavily, written off. Some parts used in restoration of CMW now on display at RNZAF Museum ZK-CGS c/n 802 Originally delivered to Sierra Leone. Delivered to Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 12/1963, ff 18/02/1964 To Air Contracts Ltd., Masterton. Flown by Harry Mangham Crashed at Tinui, 26/05/1965 Destroyed by fire. Harry Mangham fatally injured ZK-CGW c/n 1547 ff NZ 21/08/1964 To Fieldair Ltd., Masterton, 26/08/1964 Crashed at Mauriceville, 18/02/1966 after tail-wheel failure on take-off. Colin Thorne seriously injured (Only pilot to fly this Beaver) Written off 09/03/1966 ZK-CGX c/n 1548 Delivered to Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 02/06/1964 Flown by Clive Thorne from 06/02/1964 to 31/10/1966 Then flown by Harley Cadwallader, Jack McCurdy, Owen Martin, Lindon Wilson and Terry Walsh To Rangitikei Air Services, Taihape, 23/01/1976 and named "Kaimanawa" Flown by Patrick Lonergan 07/08/1976 to 15/02/1978 To Dahloff & King 15/01/1979 To Aspiring Air, Wanaka, 10/04/1979 To Air McMillan, Wanaka, 18/02/1982 To Vanair Ltd., Napier, 27/07/1983 To Pakuranga Motors, Auckland, 19/03/1984 Rebuilt at Ardmore. Exported to Canada, 2000 Registered as C-FPSM Still active in Canada with PT6 Turbine engine. ZK-CKC c/n 860 Originally delivered to the US Army as 54-1714 Delivered to Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, NZ 1964, ff 26/10/1964 To Fieldair 31/10/1964. (Fitted with dual controls) Flown by John Riddell 1965 Crashed at Tinui, 02/12/1968 after engine failure. Doug Sklenars uninjured. Written off. ZK-CKD c/n 1557 Delivered to Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 08/10/1964 To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne, 28/01/1965 Flown by Jim Irving 1965. Also flown by Bob Cranston, Derek Erskine, Jim Doyle, Harley Cadwallader, Bill Luther & John Rika. Flown by Vaughan Wilson early 80's Rebuilt at Gisborne c/o F&K Wright 1986 To Wilderness Wings Ltd., Hokitika 08/02/1993 To Seawing Airways, Darwin, Australia, 1996 Now at Rose Bay, Sydney Registered as VH-SWB Still active. ZK-CKH c/n 25 Originally delivered to DH Africa, 17/11/1948 as ZS-DCG To Libya 1961 as G-ARTR To New Zealand 07/10/1964, registered as ZK-CKH, ff NZ 16/12/1964 To Air Services Ltd, Masterton 21/12/1964 Flown by Neil Middlemiss until June 1973 then Tony Pratt To J.D.Menary, Kaikohe, 02/09/1982 To James Aviation, Hamilton, 08/05/1984 Syndicate purchase at Auckland. Active with NZ Warbirds, Ardmore. Stripped and rebuilt in 2009 and active ZK-CLP c/n 493 Imported by DH NZ 04/1965, ff 24/03/1965 To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne, 06/04/1965 Flown by Ian Rankin 1965 Flown by Bob Cranston 30/09/1966 to 1969 (Mostly based at Dannevirke) Crashed at Wanstead, 04/01/1969 Destroyed by fire. Bob Cranston badly injured. ZK-CMU c/n 1590 Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, f/f 21/07/1965 To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne, 28/07/1965 Flown by Dick Beattie 1965, based at Napier until 01/10/1968 Flown by Harley Cadwallader and Andy Redfern Dismantled at Gisborne 28/10/1984 Rebuilt at Gisborne late 80's To Float Air Picton 1990 Exported to USA and registered in Connecticut as N97FW Still active. ZK-CMV c/n 1048 Originally delivered to DH Australia as VH-AAI, 29/07/1957 To Aerial Agriculture, Bankstown. Cancelled 1965 Exported to NZ, ff 29/07/1965 To Air Contracts Ltd., Masterton, 16/08/1965 Flown by Neville Worsley (mostly) based at Dannevirke until Accident at Weber 18/05/1967. Repaired and flown to the South Island for use as a Meat hauler until 23/08/1968 Exported to Bannock Aerospace Ltd., Vancouver, Canada January 1970 To Ross Air Services as C-FAXC Still active. ZK-CMW c/n 1084 Originally delivered to DH Australia, 20/10/1957 To Aerial Agriculture, Bankstown as VH-AAL To Robby's Aerial Services,South Australia, registration cancelled 10/08/1965 Exported to NZ, registered as ZK-CMW, ff 02/09/1965 To Air Contracts Ltd., Masterton and flown by Graeme Millward 04/09/1965 until accident at Pahiatua 14/03/1966 Rebuilt, flown by John Rika 14/06/1966 to 22/05/1968 then flown by Don Cameron. Crashed at Pahiatua 19/06/1968 Sold "as is" to Fieldair Holdings Ltd., Gisborne, 03/02/1969 Used as a training aircraft as fitted with dual controls. Stored at Gisborne, 1975 Rebuilt 1985 and is now on show at Wigram Museum, Christchurch. 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 and 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 ZK-CPE c/n 1603 Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 21/12/1965, ff 15/11/1965 To Aircraft Holdings, Wanganui, 25/01/1966 Delivered to Wanganui Aerowork 21/12/1965 and named "Moawhango" Flown by John Harding, Andy Stevenson, Ken McCracken, Richmond Harding and Ritchie de Montauk. To Airwork (NZ) Ltd., Christchurch, 15/05/1974 Based at Waimate and flown by Neil Moore, Sam Sands and Col Bolgar To Virgo Fisheries, Kaikoura, 09/07/1984 To R.B.Jowitt, Manurewa, 16/10/1982 Rebuilt 1996 Exported to Canada 1998 Still active there as C-GTCF ZK-CPS c/n 1609 Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 1965, ff 03/12/1965 To Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne, 01/1966 Flown by John Riddell, Basil Martin and Keith Turner. Force landed at Rakauroa 28/10/1972 Rebuilt and flown by Keith Turner 23/05/1973 to 30/05/1975 Crashed into trees at Nikau, 24/11/1976 after tailwheel failure on take-off Steve Welch fatally injured Written off 13/04/1977 ZK-CPZ c/n 462 See ZK-BDI ZK-CRE c/n 1613 Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 21/01/1966, ff 10/06/1966 To Fieldair Holdings, Gisborne, 13/06/1966 and stored for a short time. First used topdressing 13/03/1969 and flown by Noel Bennett Flown by Mike Cronin from 10/11/1972, also Alan Nichol and Dave Ashworth Flown by Jim Frogley 1985 Registration cancelled 07/04/1988 Exported to Australia, Hadlock Holdings, Tumut as VH-CEV Exported to Alaska 1999 Registered as N13VF Crashed 29/11/03 Kodiak Island, AK Under rebuild atAtlantic Aircraft Salvage Ltd., Enfield, NS • Regd 05/03/07 Test flight due March 1 2010 and wearing rego C-FPBJ ZK-CTJ c/n 1596 Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 09/05/1965 Exported to Kenya 1969 as 5Y-AIW Still active in Kenya ZK-CYD c/n 1615 Imported by Hawker-Siddeley, Wellington, 29/07/1966 Exported to Kenya 1969 Exported to the US 11/1992 Registered as N1966B Still active in Illinois ZK-CZL c/n 1541 Originally imported by DH Australia, 05/03/1964 To Aerial Agriculture, Bankstown as VH-IDM Exported to NZ 1969, ff 26/05/1969 To Fieldair Holdings Ltd., Gisborne as ZK-CZL, 27/05/1969 Flown by Bob Cranston from 05/061969 to 12/07/1972 Then flown by Keith Turner, Charlie Down, John Rika and Dave Ashworth Used as trainer as fitted with dual controls To Island Air Safaris, Tauranga, 1987 Exported to Australia, 20/01/1989, as VH-OMO Exported to Canada, registered C-GEDE Still active ZK-CZO c/n 1533 Originally imported by DH Australia To Aerial Agriculture as VH-IDE To Robby's Aircraft Services Imported to NZ by Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne as ZK-CZO, ff 30/05/1969 Flown by Neville Worsley from 04/08/1969 to 1972 Crashed at Te Karaka 06/12/1972 Alec Williams fatally injured Destroyed. Total time 5,207 hours ZK-FPZ c/n 717 Originally delivered to the US Army, 01/11/1954 To Texas State Tech. Institute 01/1972 To Alaska, 17/06/1980 To Kennedy Air Service, 01/1982 Exported to New Zealand 1988 To Motor Holdings Ltd., Ardmore To Lake Rotorua then Float Air Picton 1989 Blown into Harbour during storm 22/03/1990 To Mid-Island Aviation, Taupo as Parachute dropper Still active at Taupo with John and Mark Funnell NZ6001 c/n 911 Delivered to Royal New Zealand Air Force 07/1956 Registration changed to NZ6010 Assembled at Hobsonville, arrived Wigram 11/08/1956 Named "City Of Auckland" and shipped to Antarctica December 1956 Flew in Antarctica then brought back to N.Z. in 1958 Shipped back to Antarctica 1959 Crashed on Beardsmore Glacier during whiteout conditions 15/01/1960 Written off and not recovered N34EB c/n 749 53-7935 Delivered to US ARMY 10/01/1955 # 1476 L-20 No.477 Command A-4 RP-67 N67683 Airworthy 16/9/1976 N12GA Gary W. Arthur, Bush Pilots Air Service Inc. Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska Registered 02/1980 Silvertip Lodges Noted being assembled at Fieldair, Palmerston North, N.Z. in 1992 Owned by United Airlines Pilot, Rotorua, N.Z. To Alaska as N34EB Paul E. Oakes, Wasilla, Alaska Registered 04/10/2000 Active |
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