ZK-BCZ de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger
Moth (c/n DHNZ155)
This was the last of the airworthy Royal new Zealand Air
Force Tigers (NZ1475) to be
released for
civilian use. It was alloted, free of charge, to the New Zealand
Civil Aviation
Administration
on 21 July 1953. However, it appears that the aircraft remained
on the
strength of
the RNZAF until 23 October 1956. In 1957 it was registered to J.
Anson and
others. By 1963 in was in service with the Wanganui Gliding
Club. ZK-BCZ crashed on
landing at
Wanganui Airport on 04 January 1964 and was extensively damaged.
It was
rebuilt during the late 1960s and registered to I. Dittmer of
Featherston. It is still currently
airworthy.