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Two aircraft, a Lockheed Electra 10a, ZK-AGJ, which crashed at Tauranga, and a Lockheed Lodestar, ZK-ALZ, which was damaged by fire at Palmerston North while undergoing overhaul in February, 1947, were written off and reduced to spares. One privately-owned Tiger Moth, ZK-AQQ, was totally destroyed by fire while being transported by rail from Lumsden to Harewood for overhaul. Twelve aircraft (including four private, seven aero club, and one commercial company aircraft) that had crashed were removed from the register, made up as follows : Eight D.H. 82 Tiger Moths (including one that went missing on a flight from Hastings to Taupo in June, 1947). One D.H. 80 Puss Moth One Avro Avian IVm One Miles Magister One Douglas Dakota C. 47b Change of ownership of aircraft was carried out in twenty-nine cases, and included the following types of aircraft: — Thirteen D.H. 82 Tiger Moth. Two D.H. 83 Fox Moth. One D.H. 89 Dragon Rapide. Two D.H. 94 Moth Minor. Five Proctor V. Two Avro Avian IVm. One Auster J. 1. One Miles Magister. One Ercoupe. One Cub J. 3. Included in the above items were the two Fox Moths and the Dragon Rapide which were transferred from Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., to New Zealand National Airways Corporation. On 31st March, 1949, there were 257 aircraft on the Civil Register, comprising the following types and categories : {a) Airspeed Oxford .. .. 2 D.H. C 1 Chipmunk .. 2 Auster V .. .. .. 5 Ercoupe .. .. 1 Avro Avian IVm .. .. 1 Fairchild Argus II .. 1. Avro Tutor 626 .. .. 1 Lockheed Electra 10a .. 4 Beechcraft .. .. '.. 2 Lockheed Lodestar 18-56 .. 13 Cessna Crane ... .. 2 Miles Gemini .. .. 3 Chrislea Super Ace .. . . 4 Miles Magister .. .. 2 Desoutter .. " .. .. 1 Miles Whitney Straight M2a 4 Douglas Dakota .. .. 13 Monocoupe M 5 .. .. 1 , D.H. 60 Moth .. .. 1 Monospar S.T. 25 .. .. 1 D.H. 60m Moth .. . . 1 Percival Proctor Mk. I .. 7 D.H. 80 Puss Moth . . . . 1 Percival Proctor Mk. II .. 1 D.H. 82 Tiger Moth .. .. 130 Percival Proctor Mk. V .. 8 D.H. 83 Fox Moth .. .. 6 Percival Vega Gull .. 1 D.H. 89a Rapide .. .. 1 Piper Cub J. 2 .. .. 2 D.H. 89b Dominie .. .. 6 S.A.S. Monoplane .. .. 1 D.H. 90a Dragonfly .. .. 1 Waco .. .. .. 2 Porterfield 35w .. .. 1 Piper Cub J. 3 .. ... 3 D.H. 94 Moth Minor .. .. 5 Rearwin .. .. .. 4

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