On July 3, at 8.05am,
it will be 50 years since a DC3 took off from Whenuapai airport in
northwest Auckland. It was a veteran of World War II, one of thousands
of the big twin-engined cargo workhorse built to haul troops and weapons
around.
It had been spruced up and now flew for the National
Airways Corporation, (NAC), trolling up and down the country, taking
people to work or holidays or home. Flight 441 was to stop in Tauranga,
Gisborne, Napier and Palmerston North, before reaching Wellington in the
early afternoon.
NAC publicity from the day used shots from
inside the upgraded ZK AYZ. Flying was still an event and a bit of an
extravagance, with men dressed in suits and mum and the kids in their
Sunday best.
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