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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-104 Dove/Devon
    Latest Model:Dove 1B
    Last Military Serial:NZ1808 RNZAF
    Construction Number:04324
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-KTT
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Dove 1B sn NZ1808 RNZA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Classic Flyers Museum, Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a Dove 1B.
    De Havilland DH 104 Dove 1B 04324

    20 November 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ1808.
    WIth RNZAF at Wigram.

    20 May 1980

    Withdrawn from use.
    Ferried Wigram-Woodbourne for storage.

    6 November 1984

    To Keay/Terwin Syndicate, Paparoa with new c/r ZK-KTT.

    10 February 1986

    To Keay/Terwin/Culham Syndicate, Paparoa keeping c/r ZK-KTT.

    25 October 1988

    To Dalziell/Brown/Schroder Syndicate, Auckland keeping c/r ZK-KTT.

    2 July 1996

    To Bellamy/Keay Syndicate, Auckland with new c/r ZK-CBK.

    16 July 2001

    To Devon 08 Syndicate, Auckland keeping c/r ZK-CBK.

    11 April 2002

    To Devon 08 Syndicate, Auckland with new c/r ZK-KTT.

    16 March 2007

    To NZ Historic Aircraft Trust, Papakura keeping c/r ZK-KTT.

    Based at Classic Flyers Museum, Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island.
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    Restored.
    By Solo Wings and volunteers at Tauranga Airport, NZ.

    2015


    Photographer: Peter Mole
    Notes: At Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand

    30 December 2016

    First post-restoration Flight.
    First flight for 14 years.

    30 December 2016


    Photographer: Peter Mole
    Notes: First flight in 14 years at Tauranga, NZ
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