The Gisborne and East Coast of New Zealand aviation pictures page.

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	CIVIL AIRCRAFT To view a picture please click on the appropriate BUTTON on the left hand side Most of the photo's in this table were contributed by Ernie Tait at eft@xtra.co.nz

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	The first instance of topdressing by a Fieldair "Lodestar" (ZK-BJM) at Mangapoike station.	25K
	Bruce Thompson finishing off his type rating flights in Lodestar ZK-BJM with a flourish.	30K
	ZK-BYF, a DC3 which has been the gate guardian at Ohakea, is looking for a new home.	73K
	DC3 ZK-APB, waiting under the hopper loader with engines turning.	73K
	A DC3 with damage to the leading edge of the port wing after skidding off the runway.	65K
	Taken at Gisborne in the early 1960's, DC3 ZK-BBJ serving with N.A.C.	54K
	Railway train waiting for Fieldair DC3 to clear the runway at Gisborne airport. from postcard by "Stephen Jones Photography".	61K
	DC3, ZK-CAW, banking steeply as it drops "super" over the hill country.	30K
	DC3, prop disks gleaming in the early morning sun, taking off.	20K
	DC3 take off; a bit further along the runway.	25K
	Side view on Fieldair DC3 ZK-AWP.	30K
	Fokker "Friendship" of N.A.C. on a wet day at Gisborne airport in the 1970's	18K
	DC3 "Skyliner" flying in N.A.C. livery in the 1960's	50K
	;A Desoutter 1 of Gisborne Air Transport Ltd. (1929-30)	30K
	A D.H. Moth "Coupe" of Gisborne Air Transport Ltd. (1929-30)	36K
	A truly hair raising shot of a "Beaver" topdressing in very steep country.	55K
	A great picture of "Beaver" ZK-AZB, topdressing against a blue East Coast sky.	45K
	Auster ZK-BCK based at Gisborne airport in the 1980's.	29K
	Fokker F7-3m "Southern Cross" (replica) visiting Gisborne (1990).	63K
	Another view of Fokker F7-3m "Southern Cross" (replica).	50K
	Fokker F7-3m "Southern Cross" (original) visiting Gisborne (1923).	70K
	DH "Tiger-moth" ZK-BAL "SNAFU" flown by GAPS member Wayne Greaves at "Staglane", Brooklands, Hastings.	55K
	DH "Tiger-moth" ZK-CYC.	19K
	Alan Land's DH "Tiger-moth" ZK-ANQ, with Owen Martin climbing in.	60K
	ZK-CRF in flight, one of Fieldair's Fletcher Utility FU24 aircraft.	25K
	A Fletcher FU24 diving low over a property near Whangara.	25K
	Another Fieldair Fletcher.	25K
	ZK-LTR CRESCO, this turboprop powered machine superseded the piston engined Fletcher.	25K
	Another air to air shot of Cresco ZK-LTR.	25K

	MILITARY AIRCRAFT To view a picture please click on the appropriate BUTTON on the left hand side of the table

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	No. 30 Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. was equipped with Grumman TBF Avengers, based at Darton Field, Gisborne, from 1943 onward.