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D-FVIP after receiving her new colours.

Photo: Brian G. Nichols © 11 June 2005

Photo: Christian Ruppert © May 2005

D-FVIP just how long was she in these colours?

Photo: Arno Jansson © date unknown - Aird Archives

D-FVIP in earlier colours.

Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown - Aird Archives

Photo: Karl E. Hayes © October 2004

D-FVIP in motion !

Photo: Snorre © 13 September 2003

D-FVIP at Hamburg Harbour / Landungsbrücke, Germany.

Photo: Unknown photographer © via Lenn Bayliss Collection

Photo: Erik Frikke © July 1998

ZK-CCY outsite Wrightair hangar.

Photo: © Frank Wright

ZK-CCY at picturesque Picton, NZ.

Photo: David Barnes © 16 October 1994

ZK-CCY at Ardmore having anti-corrosion protection applied.

Photo: Peter Lewis © June 1994

VH-XIX at Guyra Airstrip, New South Wales.

VH-XIX at Armidale with titles applied.

Photo: © Lenn Bayliss

Photo: Unknown photographer © January circa 1991 - Aird Archives

ZK-CCY at Gisborne.

Photo: Peter Lewis © May 1984

ZK-CCY with "new" Fieldair titles, at Wairoa..

Photo: Dave Bates © 28 December 1973

ZK-CCY in FIELDAIR colours.

Photo: Ernie Tait © early 1970's - via Graeme Mills

ZK-CCY at Masterton.

ZK-CCY at Napier.

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ZK-CCY • VH-XIX • ZK-CCY • N6246X

D-FVIP

• ZK-CCY de Havilland New Zealand Ltd., Regd 05-Nov-1962.

• ZK-CCY Fieldair Ltd. Gisborne. Regd 26-Nov-1962. First flight in New Zealand 20-Feb-1963 Delivered 29-Feb-1963.

Accident: Napier, 13-Mar-1964. Pilot A. T. Condon. Other details unknown.

• ZK-CCY Fieldair Holdings (Central) Ltd., Palmerston North. Regd 18-Nov-1980.

• ZK-CCY Fieldair Holdings Ltd., Palmerston North. Regd 30-Mar-1984. W.f.u. in 1985 and stored at Palmerston North. Canx 15-May-1989.

• VH-XIX Aerial Agriculture Pty. Ltd., Walcha, NSW, Australia. Regd 10-Apr-1990. Canx 30-Sep-1992 and stored at Gilgai, NSW.

Accident: Near Guyra, NSW. 27-Dec-1991.

• ZK-CCY Frank R & M K Wright, Tauranga, North Island, NZ. Regd 15-Dec-1993.

• ZK-CCY Float Air, Picton (1992) Ltd., Picton, South Island, NZ. Regd 01-Jun-1994. Canx 23-Nov-1995.

• N6246X Mark L. Schmokel, St. Paul – Minneapolis, MN. Regd Jan-1996. Canx 16-Jan-1996. Removed from register 08-Mar-1996.

• D-FVIP Patricia Steber, Himmelsschreiber Azur GmbH., Hamburg, Germany. Based on floats, Hamburg Harbour. Regd 04-Jun-1996 until accident 02-Jul-2006.

Accident: Hamburg-Norderelbe SPB. 02-Jul-2006. After take off for a sightseeing flight over the city, within two minutes the engine lost power and the aircraft stalled. The aircraft crashed into wagons in a rail yard whilst undertaking an emergency landing after engine fire. Five persons received fatal injuries and one, the pilot, suffered serious burns later succumbing to them. The aircraft burnt out and was destroyed.

• Destroyed •