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    Airframe Family: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) CA-28 Ceres
    Latest Model:CA-28C Ceres
    Construction Number:28-9
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-BZO
    Compressed ID:Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (...
    Latest Owner or Location:Manawatu Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Palmerston North, NZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a CA-28C.

    20 September 1960

    To Commonwealth Aircraft Corp, Fishermans Bend, Melbourne with new c/r VH-CEL.

    10 February 1961

    To Cookson Airpread Ltd, Wairoa, NZ with new c/r ZK-BZO.

    January 1968


    Photographer: Ray Deerness Collection
    Notes: ZK-BZO at Wairoa NZ in January 1968.

    11 December 1969

    To Manawatu Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Palmerston North, NZ keeping c/r ZK-BZO.

    17 January 1972

    Involved in an incident.
    While the aircraft was on an uphill sowing run the engine stopped. The throttle was opened fully but there was no response from the engine. The pilot elected to land immediately on the only relatively flat piece of ground available. During the landing run the starboard undercarriage leg struck a fence and became separated from the aircraft. Fuel exhaustion in the selected tank was the cause of the engine stoppage. The gauge was subsequently calibrated and found to be accurate.

    22 July 1982


    Photographer: Dave Paull
    Notes: at Silverstream Aeronautical Society, Hutt Valley NZ

    1985

    Restoration completed.
    By Silverstream Aeronautical Society, Hutt Valley NZ.

    Sections of ZK-BZO were acquired by Mike Nicholls, Ohakea for planned rebuild as a Wirraway.

    Circa 2000

    Project now owned by -Paul Wheeler, Romsey Vic for a Wirraway restoration project- and moved to Australia.
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