VH-ECC  Lockheed L-188C Electra                           (c/n  2007)

                               

                                    The above shot was taken by Michael Croker at Mascot in July 1962 and is seen here courtesy
                                    of the Daryl Mackenzie collection.         The image immediately below is by Peter Gates also at
                                    Mascot in December 1963.  VH-ECC was accepted by Qantas at Burbank on 23 November
                                    1959 and arrived in Sydney 5 days later and was named 'Pacific Endeavour'.  Following wing
                                    and engine mount modifications in 1961 it went on to serve with Qantas until April 1965, when
                                    it was sold to Air New Zealand as ZK-CLX (as a replacement for the crashed ZK-TEC).
                                    Following a stint with Reeve Aleutian Airways as N1968R from 1968 until 2001 (see photo
                                    below, from the Peter Gates collection taken in July 1990)  it wound up as a fire fighting aircraft
                                    in Canada and is still on the strength of Air Spray (1967) Ltd as Tanker # 84 registered C-GHZI. 
                                    The shot at the foot of the page, also from the Peter Gates collection, shows it in April 2007 as
                                    C-GHZI.