Second of three Electras ordered new by TEAL

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-TEB - November 24, 1959

First flown - December 10, 1959

Handed over to Tasman Empire Airways Limited - December 18, 1959

Aircraft was named 'Atarau' - (Moonlight)

Arrived Auckland at conclusion of delivery flight - December 22, 1959

Ferry route: Burbank-Honolulu-Nadi-Auckland

Operated first revenue service Auckland-Nadi-Auckland (Capt E.R. Tredrea) - January 1, 1960

TEAL changed its name to Air New Zealand - April 1, 1965

Sold to Nordair - September 12, 1972

Reregistered as CF-NAX - September 12, 1972

Withdrawn from use and stored at Cartieville, Canada - May 1976

Sold to American Jet Industries becoming N63AJ - November 1977

Sold to Reeve Aleutian Airways becoming N178RV - April 4, 1978

Leased to Northwest Territorial Airways - November 1, 1986

Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GNWC - April 1987

Returned to Reeve Aleutian Airways becoming N178RV - December 7, 1988

Withdrawn from use and stored at Anchorage, Alaska when Reeve suspended operations - April 2001

Sold to Electra Aero Inc becoming N2RK - September 4, 2002

Leased to Atlantic Airlines becoming G-LOFI - September 6, 2002

Ferried Anchorage-Coventry for Atlantic Airlines but did not enter service

Stored at Coventry, UK

ZK-TEB. TEAL Jet Prop - in its original livery, December 1959.

(Image 1808-485. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZK-TEB. TEAL Jet Prop - in its original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(Image 1808-494. P. J. Gates Collection)

ZK-TEB. Air New Zealand - in its revised livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1969.

(Image 1808-349. B. Dannecker Collection)

ZK-TEB. Air New Zealand - in its revised livery at Sydney Airport, September 1969.

(Image 1808-282. R. N. Smith Photograph)

ZK-TEB. Air New Zealand Qantas - in its modified livery at Sydney Airport, October 1971.

(Image 1808-283. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZK-TEB. Air New Zealand Qantas - in its modified livery at Sydney Airport, January 1972.

(Image 1808-285. R. N. Smith Photograph)

N33506. Nordair - in the full livery at unknown location, September 1972.

(Image 1808-287. R. N. Smith Collection)

CF-NAX. Nordair - in the full livery at unknown location, September 1972.

(Image 1808-288. R. N. Smith Collection)

N178RV. Reeve Aleutian - in the full livery at Anchorage Airport, July 1979.

(Image 1808-289. R. N. Smith Collection)

 

C-GNWC. Northwest Territorial Cargo - in basic Reeve livery at Toronto Airport, June 1987.

(Image 1808-518. R. N. Smith Collection)

N178RV. Reeve Aleutian- in the full livery at Anchorage Airport, June 1996.

(Image 1808-556. R. N. Smith Collection)

N2RK. Reeve Illusion - in basic Reeve livery with modified titles Coventry Airport, June 2003.

(Image 1808-429. R. N. Smith Collection)