ZK-NZR. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. c/n 47849-213.
This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ? Constructed by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation at Longbeach, California First flown at Longbeach - August 22, 1975 Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZR - October 01, 1975 Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by Air New Zealand at the Douglas plant, Longbeach - October 02, 1975 Departed Longbeach on the delivery flight to New Zealand (Captain P. F. Le Couteur) - October 02, 1975 Arrived Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - October 03, 1975 Operated its first revenue service - October 1975 Withdrawn from service and stored at Auckland Airport - December 18, 1982 Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - December 22, 1982 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-GDJK - December 22, 1982 Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation, USA Leased to LAM Mozambique as the registered operator Withdrawn from service at placed in open storage at Paris (Le Bourget) - April 15, 1992 Leased to Lignes Aeriennes Caraibes (Air Martinique) - May 27, 1992 Withdrawn from service in a damaged condition at Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadaloupe - October 10, 1993 The aircraft was repaired and returned to service Leased to AOM French Airlines as the registered operator - December 14, 1993 The aircraft was reregistered as F-GNDC - December 16, 1993 It was observed in the AOM livery with additional 'Cubana' titles on the fuselage - August 17, 1995 Leased to AOM Minerve as the registered operator - October 06, 1999 Registered to SAS Recherche Aviation Groupe - January 25, 2002 Sub-leased to AirLib as the registered operator It was observed stored at Chateauroux, France in the standard AOM livery - November 17, 2002 Registered to AOM Air Liberte - November 22, 2002 AOM Air Liberte ceased operations due to financial difficulties - February 06, 2003 Registered to Avico, Paris - July 25, 2003 It was observed parked at Chateauroux without engines - December 27, 2003 Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - January 15, 2004 The aircraft had been permanently withdrawn from service and was prepared for scrapping Observed at Chateauroux minus the aft fuselage section - August 2004 |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1978. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-181.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-183.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-106.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-182.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1979. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-105.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-109.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-019.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-107.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-108.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1980. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-184.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-185.) |
ZK-NZR. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1981. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-018.) |
ZK-NZR. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - in the original livery at Paris Orly Airport, January 1983. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-110.) |
F-GDJK. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - 'Maputo' in the original livery at Paris Orly Airport, June 1984. (J. Mounce Collection Copyright Image 1140-196.) |
F-GDJK. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - 'Maputo' in the modified original livery at Paris Orly Airport, June 1985. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-111.) |
F-GDJK. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - 'Maputo' in the final livery at Paris Orly Airport, September 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-098.) |
F-GDJK. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - 'Maputo' in the final livery at Paris Orly Airport, October 1987. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-133.) |
F-GDJK. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - 'Maputo' in the final livery at Paris Orly Airport, June 1991. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-081.) |
F-GDJK. LAM Linhas Aereas de Mocambique - 'Maputo' in the original livery at Paris Orly Airport, June 1991. (J. Mounce Collection Copyright Image 1140-197.) |
F-GDJK. Air Martinique - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, July 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-082.) |
F-GDJK. Air Martinique - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, December 1992. (C. Laugier Copyright Image 1140-083.) |
F-GNDC. AOM - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, April 1994. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-084.) |
F-GNDC. AOM Cubana - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, August 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-103.) |
F-GNDC. AOM - in the standard livery at Paris Orly Airport, November 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-155.) |
F-GNDC. AOM - in the standard livery with additional 'animals' decals at Paris Orly Airport, December 1997. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-203.) |
F-GNDC. AOM - in the standard livery with additional 'animals' decals at Paris Orly Airport, January 1998. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-217.) |
F-GNDC. AOM - in the standard livery with additional faded 'animals' decals at Paris Orly Airport, February 2003. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-104.) |