Cessna 402 ZK-EHS was brought into New Zealand for Air Central... It is seen here with Air Central at Napier in November 1977... |
...over Hawkes Bay on 30 June 1979... |
and at New Plymouth on 30 November 1979. |
EHS was then used by Eagle Air as seen here at Palmerston North on 18 May 1984 |
I next photographed EHS at Napier on 20 February 1985 |
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Later it was used by Pacifica Air. Photograph taken at Nelson in April 1988 |
The last airline operation it was used on with Sunair. Photographed at Tauranga on 30 December 1989 |
It was looking rather derelict at Ardmore on 1 October 2012 |
ZK-EHS now flies with Gardens Air in a play centre in South Auckland training a new generation of airline pilots. |
What a fantastic end for an airframe past its prime! While several of the mods appear non-standard it's wonderful to know it'll be giving several generations a lot of fun, and hopefully inspire them to get into aviation. Very cool :-)
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