Allan Wooller sent me some classic photos of some of Cookson Airspread's aircraft that were used on the company's Napier-Wairoa-Gisborne air service...
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Cookson's first airliner - Cessna 180 ZK-BVQ at Wairoa. |
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The Cessna 180 was later replaced with a larger Cessna 185 ZK-CAK seen here at Fielding in August 1979. |
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A later addition to the fleet was Cessna 172A ZK-BWL taken at Fielding in June 1974. |
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Running alongside their Piper Aztec was Piper Cherokee 6 ZK-DOP, added to the fleet in 1979. |
A history of Cookson's airline division can be found at...
http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2010/12/wairoas-cookson-airspread-part-1.html
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