cessna185 (blog name) has asked if I had a shot of ZK-MCU. Yep.
Cessna A185F ZK-MCU c/n A185F-04372 was built in 1982 and was ferried from Pago Pago to Auckland and Christchurch on 25-11-1986. It was listed with the Mount Cook Grou Ltd on 12-10-1986 and issued the Company fleet number 38.On 25-10-1987 it was damaged on the Tasman Saddle when the left u/c leg was torn off.
The above pic shows her at Mt Cook on 14-08-1989.
Its u/c was damaged again during a snow test flight on the Fox Neve on 05-12-1989, it was flown back to Birch Hill but overturned on landing.
On 22-02-1992 it was damaged in a ground loop on the Franz Josef Glacier.
Ownership changed to Tourism Holding Ltd on 30-06-1998.
The photo below was taken at Mt Cook on 11-12-1998 by which time it had lost the ranunculus from its tail and now has the "Mount Cook Skiplanes" script on its fuselage.
Its registration was cancelled on 23-09-1999 and it became ZK-MDC. WHY ?
The shot below was taken by Andy Heap on 16-06-2007 just after it landed on the Tasman Glacier.
It is now in private hands and is operating out of the Fox Glacier strip in the parachuting role.
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