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D-FVIP before tragic accident.
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Photo: Unknown photographer © Date unknown - Aird Archives
D-FVIP after receiving her new colours.
Photo: Brian G. Nichols © 11 June 2005 - Aird Archives
Photo: Christian Ruppert © May 2005 - Aird Archives
D-FVIPas a floating and flying billboard.
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Photo: Unknown photographer © c. 2005 - Aird Archives
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 - Aird Archives
D-FVIP in motion !
Photo: Snorre © 13 September 2003 - Aird Archives
D-FVIP at Hamburg Harbour / Landungsbrücke, Germany.
Photo: Unknown photographer © via Lenn Bayliss Collection - Aird Archives
Photo: Erik Frikke © July 1998 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY outsite Wrightair hangar.
Photo: Frank Wright © c. December 1993 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY at picturesque Picton, NZ.
Photo: David Barnes © 16 October 1994 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY at Ardmore having anti-corrosion protection applied.
Photo: Peter Lewis © June 1994 - Aird Archives
VH-XIX at Guyra Airstrip, New South Wales.
VH-XIX at Armidale with titles applied.
Photo: Lenn Bayliss © Date unknown - Aird Archives   
Photo: Unknown photographer © January circa 1991 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY at Gisborne.
Photo: Peter Lewis © May 1984 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY with "new" Fieldair titles, at Wairoa..
Photo: Dave Bates © 28 December 1973 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY in FIELDAIR colours.
Photo: Ernie Tait © early 1970's - via Graeme Mills - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY at Masterton.
Photo: Peter Lewis © 1967 - Aird Archives
ZK-CCY at Napier.
Photo: "Bunny" Darby © 01 January 1965 - Steve Hill Collection - Aird Archives

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ZK-CCY • VH-XIX • ZK-CCY • N6246X

D-FVIP

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• 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.

BFU Accident Report: This can be found by searching their website. You have to type in the address, as it will not let me link from the website. . www.bfu-web.de

 

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