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    Airframe Family: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-22/25 Winjeel
    Latest Model:CA-25 Winjeel
    Last Military Serial:A85-404 RAAF
    Construction Number:CA25-04
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-WJL
    Compressed ID:Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (...
    Latest Owner or Location:Taupo Airport (TUO), Wharewaka, Waikato, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CA-25.

    From October 1955 to Circa 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A85-404.

    To G C Aviation Limited, Taupo with new c/r ZK-WJL (CA-25, A85-404).

    Transferred to RSTT Wagga, NSW.
    Used as a training aid.

    May 1979

    To Noel R. Vinson/Aviation Salvage Pty Ltd, Sydney-Bankstown NSW.
    Stored dismantled.

    20 March 1981

    To John Weymouth/Heli-Muster Pty Ltd, with new c/r VH-WHZ.

    1989


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1989 photo at Wagga Wagga

    From 1998 to 2006

    To Hugh Jones, Auckland-Ardmore NZ: keeping c/r VH-WHZ.

    May 2002

    To GC Aviation of Taupo with new c/r ZK-WJL.

    Based at Taupo Airport (TUO), Wharewaka, Waikato, North Island.
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    Markings Applied: A85-404 / 04

    10 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Stored at Taupo Airport, North Island, New Zealand
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    Internet Sources
     Australian Defense Force Serials
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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