ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205309
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| Date: | xx Nov 1963 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AXN |
| MSN: | 303 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Otematata, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Otematata, New Zeland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 7320] on 10.9.36 as G-AENH to Whitney Straight Ltd., The Strand, London WC.2 (aircraft based at Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex). C of A 5755 issued September 1936.
UK registration G-AENH cancelled 2.11.37 when sold to Australia as VH-ABN, with the Royal Victoria Aero Club, at Essendon Airport (Moorabbin Airport from December 1949) in Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1951 VH-ABN was sold to the Auckland Aero Club, and re-registered as ZK-AXN. It was withdrawn from use in 1962 and then unfortunately damaged beyond repair in a fire at Otematata in November of 1963. Its remains were broken up the following year.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AENH.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
4. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZZZ/ZK-AXN.html
5. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa/VH-ABN1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2018 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Feb-2022 06:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 09:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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