First flown as N9724C - October 14, 1959

Handed over to Tasman Empire Airways Ltd - October 15, 1959

Aircraft was named 'Aotearoa IV' - (Land of the Long White Cloud)

Leased back to Lockheed for flight testing - October 15, 1959

Arrived Auckland at conclusion of delivery flight - November 19, 1959

Ferry route: Burbank-Honolulu-Nadi-Auckland

Flight crew: Lockheed crew from Burbank to Nadi - unknown

Flight crew: TEAL crew from Nadi to Auckland Capts J. McGrane, D. Keesing, P.F. le Couteur

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-TEA - November 23, 1959

Operated first Auckland-Sydney-Auckland service (Capt J. McGrane) - December 1, 1959

Operated first Auckland-Melbourne-Auckland service (Capt J. McGrane) - December 7, 1959

Operated first Sydney-Christchurch-Melbourne service (Capt J. McGrane) - January 25, 1960

Utilised in joint Air New Zealand / Qantas pooled services on Australia-Wellington route - 1970

Sold to Fred Olsens Flyveselskap A/S - becoming LN-FOI - September 11, 1973

Cancelled from the U.S. Aircraft Register - September 24, 1973

Sold to Voksenkollen Hotelkompani and leased back to Fred Olsens - January 4, 1990

Sold to Fred Olsens - September 11, 1991

Withdrawn from use and stored at Baginton, Coventry - August 1997

Sold to World Aviation Services Inc but remained in storage at Baginton - December 1999

Scrapped at Baginton - June 2006

Nose section shipped to Christchurch, New Zealand arriving July 22, 2006

To be displayed at the Ferrymead Musuem?

ZK-TEA. TEAL Jet Prop - in original livery at Sydney Airport, March 1964.

(Image 1808-332. E. D. Daw Collection)

ZK-TEA. TEAL Air New Zealand - original livery with revised titles at Sydney Airport, November 1965.

(Image 1808-331. E. D. Daw Collection)

ZK-TEA. TEAL Air New Zealand - original livery with revised titles at Sydney Airport, December 1965.

(Image 1808-484. R. N. Smith Photograph)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - with revised tail titles and logo at Auckland Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1808-570. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - with revised tail titles and logo at Sydney Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1808-634. P. J. Gates Collection)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, June 1966.

(Image 1808-265. R. N. Smith Photograph)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - in its revised livery at Sydney Airport, July 1968.

(Image 1808-511. R. N. Smith Photograph)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - in the full livery at Sydney Airport, August 1969.

(Image 1808-266. R. N. Smith Photograph)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand Qantas - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, August 1971.

(Image 1808-268. R. N. Smith Photograph)

N31231. Flamingo - in the full livery, location unknown, August 1972.

(Image 1808-270. R. N. Smith Collection)

N31231. Flamingo - in the full livery, location unknown, September 1972.

(Image 1808-381. P. J. Gates Collection)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the original livery, location unknown, June 1979.

(Image 1808-272. R. N. Smith Collection)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the original livery, location and date unknown.

(Image 1808-799. P. J. Gates Collection)

 

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at unknown airport, February 1992.

(Image 1808-275. R. N. Smith Collection)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at unknown airport, June 1992.

(Image 1808-431. P. J. Gates Collection)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery, location and date unknown.

(Image 1808-685. P. J. Gates Collection)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at Stuttgart Airport, March 1995.

(Image 1808-501. P. J. Gates Collection)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at Amsterdam Airport, March 1995.

(Image 1808-274. R. N. Smith Collection)