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VH-PDV. Convair CV-580. c/n 507.
Originally ordered by U.S. Navy as an R4Y-2T '146955' but was not taken up Construction completed as Convair 440-62 - February 17, 1958 Powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB-16 Double Wasp engines Delivered to General Motors Corporation - November 1959 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N5124 Converted to 580 standard by Pacific Airmotive Corp, Burbank as Conversion #9 - May 23 to August 18, 1960 Powered by Allison 501-D13 turboprop engines Registered to General Motors Corporation as N5124 Reregistered N8124 - August 7, 1995 Registered to General Motors Corporation Sold to Cypress Jetprop Charter Ltd - April 25, 1996 Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GTTE Sold to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter - July 1997 Leased to Air Chathams (New Zealand) - July 1997 Cancelled from Canadian Aircraft Register - July 22, 1997 Entered onto New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-KSA - July 1997 Registered to Air Chathams, New Zealand - August 6, 1997 Sub-leased to IHL Australia Pty Ltd - August 1997 Registration of VH-IHL was not taken up Sub-leased to King Solomon Airways (Solomon Islands) - August 1997 Returned to IHL Australia Pty Ltd and ferried Honiara-Cairns - March 3, 1998 Returned to Air Chathams but stored at Cairns - August 1998 Ferried Caiurns-Brisbane-Palmerston North - January 25 - 30, 2001 Returned to service with Air Chathams - March 9, 2001 Seen at Auckland with Reef Air-Peau Vava'u Airways (Tonga) titles - April 24, 2005 Ferried Auckland-Nuku'Alofa (Tonga) on delivery - April 27, 2005 Returned to Air Chathams - September 20, 2005 Seen at Palmerston North in Tauck World Discovery livery & titles - January 25, 2006 Ferried Palmerston-Auckland - February 2, 2006 Arrived Bankstown Airport as 'Pionair 2' on delivery flight - February 10, 2006 Delivery route: Christchurch-Sydney-Bankstown Operated proving flight - Bankstown-Coober Pedy-Essendon-Bankstown - February 12, 2006 Cancelled from N.Z. Aircraft Register - April 6, 2006 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-PDV - April 10, 2006 Registered to Pionair Australia Ferried Bankstown-Palmerston North for maintenance by Fieldair and repaint - December 9, 2006 Rolled out in new Pioneer livery with 'Southern Cross' tail Ferried Palmerston North-Sydney on return to Pioneer - December 31, 2006 Current |
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C-GTTE. Cypress Airlines - in the full livery at unknown airport, July 1996. (P. J. Gates Collection. 1029-117.) |
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ZK-KSA. King Solomon Airways - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 1029-105.) |
ZK-KSA. King Solomon Airways - in the full livery at Cairns Airport, March 2000. (R. N. Smith Collection. 1029-046.) |
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VH-PDV. Tauck World Discovery - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2006. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 1029-096.) |
VH-PDV. Tauck World Discovery - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2006. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 1029-100.) |
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VH-PDV. Tauck World Discovery - in the full livery at Brisbane Airport, August 2006. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 1029-099.) |
VH-PDV. Pionair Tauck World Discovery - in revised livery at Brisbane Airport, January 2007. (P. J. Gates Photograph. 1029-111.) |