The National Airways Corporation aeroplane ZK-APB ‘Popotea’, made by the Douglas Aircraft Co. (US), sits on the grass at what is thought to be Milson Airport. ZK-APB was the first NAC DC-3 to be properly fitted out as an airliner, rather than just an ex-military transport with basic seating. It was Ex-NZ3534 and left military service on 28 April 1947. It was flown to Melbourne to be refitted and to be renamed Popotea. It became a National Airways Corporation airliner DC-3D on 9 September 1947.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- CA: Elmar Negative Collection
- Date
- circa 1947
- Digitisation ID
- 2012N_ELMAR_4_006503
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Elmar Studios
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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