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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth
    Latest Model:Tiger Moth II
    Last Military Serial:NZ676 RNZAF
    Construction Number:83499
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-ALJ
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Tiger Moth II sn NZ676...
    Latest Owner or Location:NZ Flying Adventures Limited, Wanaka

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Tiger Moth II.
    Built at Cowley, UK and assembled in NZ

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n T5770.

    December 1940

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped to New Zealand on Vessel - Opawa.

    14 January 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ676.

    21 December 1946

    To South Canterbury Aero Club with new c/r ZK-ALJ.

    1964

    To H. Maynard Ltd, Wairoa keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.

    To T. Dunn, Silverdale keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.

    12 August 1968

    To I. Bennie, Auckland keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.

    3 December 1970

    To L. E. Harris and Sons, Napier keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.
    Under rebuild at Matamata by 1971.

    By May 1985

    To W. Harris, Napier keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.

    12 April 1988

    To P. Harris, Napier keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.

    Rebuilt and flew again in 1994.

    1 January 1995


    Photographer: Steve Larwood
    Notes: Taken at Paraparumu airfield, New Zealand

    From 9 February 2000 to 18 February 2000

    Took part in the Millenium Vintage Air Rally from North Cape to Bluff.

    2006


    Photographer: Marcus Bridle
    Notes: 2006 photo at Wanaka

    2 April 2009

    To Classic Flights Limited, Wanaka keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.

    Based at Classic Flights, Wanaka Airport, Wanaka, Otago, South Island.
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    22 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Wanaka Airfield, South Island, New Zealand

    1 April 2018


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Warbirds over Wanaka in New Zealand

    15 April 2018

    To NZ Flying Adventures Limited, Wanaka keeping c/r ZK-ALJ.
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    de Havilland Aircraft Production
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