This was the first of three aircraft ordered new by Tasman Empire Airways Ltd

The purchase agreement was signed at Burbank - August 1958

Signatories: Sir Leonard Isitt (Chairman of Directors, TEAL); F. A. Reeves (General Manager, TEAL) and

J. E. Boyce ( Lockheed Director of Sales, Pacific Area)

First flown as 'N9724C' - October 14, 1959

Accepted by Tasman Empire Airways Ltd at Burbank - October 15, 1959

The aircraft was named 'Aotearoa IV' (Land of the Long White Cloud)

It was leased back to Lockheed for flight testing - October 15, 1959

Departed Burbank on the delivery flight to New Zealand - ?

It arrived at Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - November 19, 1959

Ferry route: Burbank - Honolulu - Nadi - Auckland

Flight crew: Lockheed crew from Burbank to Nadi - unknown

Flight crew: TEAL crew from Nadi to Auckland Captains J. McGrane, D. Keesing, P .F. le Couteur

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-TEA - November 23, 1959

Registered to Tasman Empire Airways Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Operated its first Auckland - Sydney - Auckland service (Captain J. McGrane) - December 01, 1959

Operated its first Auckland - Melbourne - Auckland service (Captain J. McGrane) - December 07, 1959

Operated its first Sydney - Christchurch - Melbourne service (Captain J. McGrane) - January 25, 1960

Utilised in joint Air New Zealand / Qantas pooled services on he Australia - Wellington route - 1970

Sold to California Airmotive - May 27, 1972

Operated its final service into Wellington - May 30, 1972

Withdrawn from service at ?

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - June 01, 1972

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N31231 - ?

Leased to Flamingo Airlines - July to November 1972

It was converted to freighter configuration as an L188C(F) - December 1972

Sold to Fred Olsens Flyveselskap A/S - September 11, 1973

Entered onto the Norwegian Aircraft Register as LN-FOI - ?

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - September 24, 1973

Sold to Voksenkollen Hotelkompani and leased back to Fred Olsens - January 04, 1990

Sold to Fred Olsens - September 11, 1991

Withdrawn from use and stored at Baginton, Coventry - August 1997

Sold to World Aviation Services Inc but remained in storage at Baginton - December 1999

Scrapped at Baginton - June 2006

The nose section was shipped to Christchurch, New Zealand arriving July 22, 2006

The nose section will be restored and displayed at the Ferrymead Musuem

N9724C. TEAL - 'Aotearoa' in the original livery with 'Jet Prop' titles somewhere over California, October 1959.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-947.)

ZK-TEA. TEAL - 'Aotearoa' in the original livery with 'Jet Prop' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, March 28, 1964.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1808-332.)

ZK-TEA. TEAL - 'Aotearoa' in the original livery with 'Jet Prop' titles at Auckland Whenuapai Airport, circa 1964.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-770.)

ZK-TEA. TEAL - 'Aotearoa' in the original livery with 'Jet Prop' titles at Auckland Whenuapai Airport, circa 1964.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-771.)

ZK-TEA. TEAL - 'Aotearoa' in the original livery with 'Jet Prop' titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, circa 1964.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-759.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 14, 1965.

(E. D. Daw Copyright Image 1808-331.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the revised livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 21, 1965.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1808-484.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery at Auckland Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-570.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1966.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-634.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, June 10, 1966.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1808-265.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 21, 1968.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1808-511.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 14, 1969.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1808-266.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand Qantas - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery with modified titles at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, August 06, 1971.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1808-268.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand Qantas - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery with modified titles at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-346.)

ZK-TEA. Air New Zealand Qantas - 'Aotearoa' in the final livery with modified titles at Brisbane Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-269.)

N31231. Flamingo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, August 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-270.)

N31231. Flamingo - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1972.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-381.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, June 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-272.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, circa 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-799.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, February 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-275.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, June 1992.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-431.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-685.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at Stuttgart Airport, March 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-501.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, March 1995.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-274.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-277.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, date unknown.

(N. Roozen Copyright Image 1808-278.)

LN-FOI. Fred Olsen - in the revised livery at an unknown airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1808-279.)