Some parts of the restortation have resorted to guesswork
August 2008 New Zealand
NAC had modified systems and had updated the tabular pages of the parts book, but not the illustrations. This has
resulted in some educated guesswork being needed!
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Help need to replace missing parts
May 2008 New Zealand
The team at Ferrymead Heritage Park need help replacing parts removed from the aircraft by NAC - New Zealand
National Airways Corporation before restoration started in 1975.
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Starboard inner rear engine bay progresses
October 2007 New Zealand
The starboard inner rear engine bay has been stripped out, cleaned down and repainted. After a few hours of
cleaning the heat exchanger and the lower intake duct have been reinstalled.
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Work starts on some of those unseen areas
May 2007 New Zealand
Work on ZK-BRF has had a bit of a let up as some of the guys catch up on things domestic. They're
now working on some of those unseen areas and on small tedious parts so outward progress
isn't to obvious.
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'City of Christchurch' gets new paint
March 2007 New Zealand
A lot of progress has been made during the last six months on the restoration of the Ferrymead
Aeronautical Society's Viscount c/n 283 ZK-BRF.
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