Registration / Serial:"NZ918"
Aircraft Original Type:North American BC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard
Aircraft Version:North American AT-16 Harvard II (replica)
C/n (msn):None issued
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Area:Paihatua / Harvard Adventure Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:29 December 2017
Photo by:Dick LohuisContact
Photo ID:228612Submit Correction
View count: 563
From the late 1950s the real NZ918 was in this playground, but in Oct. 2015 it was replaced by this fibreglass full scale model, built by David "Biggie" Smith, a Taranaki surfboard maker. The original one had corroded so much that it was getting to the point that it was unsafe.
Registration / Serial:"NZ918"
Aircraft Version:North American AT-16 Harvard II (replica)
C/n (msn):None issued
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Area:Paihatua / Harvard Adventure Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:29 December 2017
Photo by:Dick LohuisContact
Registration / Serial:"NZ918"
Aircraft Original Type:North American BC-1
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-6/SNJ Texan/Harvard
Aircraft Version:North American AT-16 Harvard II (replica)
C/n (msn):None issued
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Area:Paihatua / Harvard Adventure Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:29 December 2017
Photo by:Dick LohuisContact
Photo ID:228612Submit Correction
View count: 563
From the late 1950s the real NZ918 was in this playground, but in Oct. 2015 it was replaced by this fibreglass full scale model, built by David "Biggie" Smith, a Taranaki surfboard maker. The original one had corroded so much that it was getting to the point that it was unsafe.
Registration / Serial:"NZ918"
Aircraft Version:North American AT-16 Harvard II (replica)
C/n (msn):None issued
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Area:Paihatua / Harvard Adventure Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:29 December 2017
Photo by:Dick LohuisContact