West Coast Lodestars

NAC Lockheed Lodestar ZK-AIQ at Hokitika... the short-lived Lodestar service to Hokitika started on  the 17th of December 1951 and operated the Wellington-Nelson-Westport-Hokitika run until the 29th of March 1952 when the type was withdrawn from service. See http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2012/07/hokitikas-nac-de-havilland-days.html

NAC Lockheed Lodestar ZK-AJM at Westport... The Lodestars replaced the Electras flying into Westport from the 27th of December 1948. See http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-national-carrier-at-westport-part-1.html

 

Photos from the J H Jamieson collection