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ZK-BRF RESTORATION

c/n 346

c/n 151

NEWS x 2

c/n 150

c/n 75

c/n 27

c/n 182

c/n 341

F-BGNR RESTORATION

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c/n 241

c/n 346

c/n 213

c/n 435

c/n 280

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c/n 347

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c/n 151

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c/n 441

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c/n 391

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Some parts of the restortation have resorted to guesswork

August 2008 New Zealand

NAC did some repainting with several different shades of green



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

A few hours of cleaning the heat exchanger exhaust were installed


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

A few hours of cleaning the heat exchanger exhaust were installed



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

Photo of before and after restoration of two of four electrical junction boxes





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

Photo of ZK-BRF being painted in March 2007


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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Photo of BEA - British European Airways Viscount G-AOJC

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