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    Airframe Family: Percival Gull Four
    Latest Model:D.3 Gull Six
    Construction Number:D55
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-DPR
    Compressed ID:Percival D.3 cn D55 cr ZK-DPR
    Latest Owner or Location:Auckland International Airport (west side), Auckland, Auckland, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    1935

    Constructed as a D.3.

    From 29 August 1935 to 17 July 1940

    To Jean Gardner Batten with new c/r G-ADPR.

    15 August 1946

    To Hunting Aircraft, Luton Airport keeping c/r G-ADPR.

    21 July 1951


    Photographer: via Tony Clarke
    Notes: At RAF Hendon

    From 12 May 1961 to 12 April 1988

    To Allen Henry Wheeler keeping c/r G-ADPR.

    1969


    Photographer: Peter M. Law
    Notes: Circa 1969 photo at Old Warden

    From 12 April 1988 to 8 April 1993

    To The Executive Committee The Shuttleworth Collection keeping c/r G-ADPR.

    8 April 1993

    To The Shuttleworth Trust, Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden, Biggleswade keeping c/r G-ADPR.

    14 March 1995

    Civil registration, G-ADPR, cancelled.

    To Auckland International Airport Ltd, Manukau with new c/r ZK-DPR (Percival Gull Six, D55).

    Based at Auckland International Airport (west side), Auckland, Auckland, North Island.
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    8 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Hangs in the Public side of the International Arrivals Hall at Auckland Airport

    8 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Hangs in the Public side of the International Arrivals Hall at Auckland Airport
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