Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-114 Heron
    Latest Model:DH-114 Heron
    Construction Number:14011
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-BBM
    Compressed ID:de Havilland DH-114 cn 14011 cr ZK-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Classic Flyers Museum, Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a DH-114.

    20 March 1953

    To New Zealand National Airways Corporation with new c/r ZK-BBM.
    Operated with markings: Matapouri

    29 November 1960

    To Fiji Airways with new c/r VQ-FAY.

    31 July 1971

    To Air Pacific with new c/r DQ-FAY.

    November 1975

    To Air North with new c/r ZK-BBM.

    19 September 1978

    To Nationwide Air Ltd keeping c/r ZK-BBM.

    1979

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    11 January 1983


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Gisborne Aerodrome, New Zealand

    From 1994 to 2002

    Stored dismantled at Ardmore Airport, NZ.

    By April 2003

    Stored at Dairy Flat, NZ.

    January 2007

    To Classic Flyers Museum, Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Outside at Classic Flyers Museum at Tauranga Airport, North Island, New Zealand
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=87794][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - de Havilland DH-114 Heron, c/n 14011, c/r ZK-BBM[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=87794
    Copyright 1993-2025 ww.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.