ZK-BAU    de Havilland D.H.89A Dragon Rapide         (c/n  6654)

                                    

                                           Dragon Rapides were not common in either Australia or New Zealand.  This example
                                           was operated by the Auckland Aero Club in the 1950s and was named "City of Auckland".
                                           It was previously Dominie HG655 with the RAF and NZ526 with the RNZAF.  It later
                                           went to Southern Scenic Air Services and was written off in an accident at Milford on
                                           20 April 1964.   The above shot is from Jim Dyson (via David Molesworth) whilst the
                                           lower one was taken at roughly the same time (with different filter).