What Became of Air New Zealand's DC-8's Part 2

ZK-NZD. cn 45932 Built 27th January 1968. Douglas Aircraft Co. Delivered to Air New Zealand ZK-NZD 29Jan1968 Converted to Freighter ZK-NZD To Kitty Hawk International. N806CK. Parted out and derelict at Oscada Maryland.

ZK-NZD. Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Long Beach Airport. California. November 1967.

ZK-NZD. Sydney International 31 March 1968. Just two months old when photographed here.

What became of Air New Zealand's DC-8's. Part 2. ZK-NZD – ZK-NZE – ZK-NZF – ZK-NZG.

ZK-NZD. Sydney December 1971

ZK-NZD. Sydney early 1970's with another Air New Zealand DC8. Koru logo inaugurated in May 1973.

Converted to a pure freighter by McDonnell-Douglas at Tulsa Oklahoma in 1981.

ZK-NZD. DC8-54F Cargo LAX. March 1984.

ZK-NZD Sydney January 1987

(No, I don’t know how the light aircraft came to be down the bank)

ZK-NZD Sydney January 1987

Ex-ZK-NZD. Re-registered N806CK Kalitta Airlines. Seen here at Hanover Germany 12th March 1995.

Withdrawn from use and stored Oscada Maryland April 2000. Last seen June 2001 in a derelict state at Oscada with the cockpit section missing.

ZK-NZE. cn 45985

Built 27th February 1968. Douglas Aircraft Co. Delivered to Air New Zealand ZK-NZE 28Feb1968 To Landen Financial/Howard Golden. N4292P To Ports of Call Canada. C-FNZE Leased to Fiesta Holidays. C-FNZE Leased to FB Air. N223FB Leased to Faucett Peru. OB-1438 Wet leased from Faucett. Aeronaves del Peru To LAC Colombia. HK-3842X. converted to Freighter. Leased to FB Air N223FB

ZK-NZE. Long Beach California test flight 1968.

ZK-NZE. Foreground and one other company DC-8. Wellington 1977. Koru logo inaugurated in May 1973.

ZK-NZE operated Air New Zealand’s final DC-8 service, Melbourne to Wellington on 15th

December 1981.

ZK-NZE. Palm Springs International December 1982. Stored beside ZK-NZC

ZK-NZE. Marana-Pinal Airpark (silver bell AHP. MZJ) Arizona February 1984.

Parked ahead of ZK-NZE and in line are first, ZK-NZC then ZK-NZA. Directly behind the photographer is ZK-NZG.

Ex-ZK-NZE / Howard Golden N4292P / became C-FNZE. Points Of Call Canada in 1988. Photo:15 June 1990.

Leased to Fiesta Holidays. C-FNZE. Leased to FB Air. N223FB. Leased to Faucett Aviacion Peru. OB-1438.

Wet leased from Faucett Peru to Aeronaves del Peru.

Later converted to pure freighter and operated by Colombian air freight carrier Lineas Aereas Del Caribe (LAC)

as HK3842X until its withdrawal from service. Scrapped Miami August 1998.

ZK-NZF. cn 45303 Ex United Airlines N8034U cn45303/141. Built 8th June 1961 Douglas Aircraft Co To United Airlines. N8036U To Air New Zealand. ZK-NZF. November 1970 To McDonnell Douglas. N99862 To Evergreen International Airlines. N804EV Leased to Cyprus Air Ways. N99862 To Evergreen International Airlines. N804EV Leased to Libyan Arab Airlines Scrapped at Marana-Pinal Airpark Arizona

United Airlines DC-8-52 N8035U, sister ship to N8034U which became ZK-NZF

ZK-NZF Sydney 1974.

ZK-NZF. Landing Sydney 1974. Koru logo inaugurated in May 1973. Sold to McDonnell-Douglas March 25th 1976 for lease to Cyprus Airways. The aircraft became N99862 and was later damaged in a hijacking gun battle at Larnaca Airport Nicosia Cyprus on February 20th 1978. It returned to McDonnell-Douglas for repair and was later sold to Evergreen International where it became N804EV.

ZK-NZF. Flying for Cyprus Airways as N99862, London – Heathrow 28th March 1976 “February 20th 1978. Cyprus Airways DC-8 airliner was hijacked at Larnaca Airport Cyprus by an Arab terrorist who had just murdered a leading Egyptian publisher at a nearby hotel. After being refused permission to land at a number of Arab capitals the hijacker forced the airliner to return to Larnaca. Egyptian commandos land and try to attack the aircraft but end up in a gun battle with Cypriot troops. Fifteen Egyptian troops, seven Cypriot soldiers and a German cameraman are killed.” The fate of the hijacker was not recorded in this report.

Ex-ZK-NZF / N804EV. Evergreen International cn45303-141. Toronto June 1979. Leased to Overseas International ONA 3 June 1980 & subleased to Saudia Airlines.

Leased by Evergreen to Northeastern International Airways 1983.

N804EV. Stored at Marana USA January 1984. Subsequently broken up.

ZK-NZG. cn 45301. Ex United Airlines N8043U

Built 30th April 1961. Douglas Aircraft Co. To United Airlines. N8043U

To Air New Zealand. ZK-NZG October 1971 To Evergreen International Airlines. N800EV

Leased to Northeastern. N800EV Leased to National Airlines. N800EV

Wet leased to Evergreen Nordair. N800EV Leased to Libyan Arab Airlines. N800EV

Marana-Pinal Airpark Arizona 1992.

United Airlines DC-8-52 N8043U which became ZK-NZG

ZK-NZF Tullamarine Melbourne 1973.

ZK-NZG Melbourne 1976. Koru logo inaugurated May 1973.

ZK-NZG. Sydney early 1970's.

Sold to Evergreen International 27 September 1976. Re-registered N800EV.

Ex-ZK-NZG / N800EV. Evergreen International. Montreal April 1979.

Ex-ZK-NZG / N800EV. North Eastern International Airways. Miami March 1983.

Leased by Evergreen to Northeastern.

Ex-ZK-NZG / N800EV. Northeastern with Evergreen International stripes. Marana-Pinal Airpark Arizona. February 1984. ZK- NZE is in the background. Just see its nose wheel. Parked forward of ZK-NZE out of shot is ZK-NZC and ZK-NZA.

Ex-ZK-NZG / N800EV. Marana-Pinal Airpark Arizona . 2 October 1992.

These photos were taken on the same day in February 1984 when 4 of Air New Zealand’s DC-8s were stored at Marana-Pinal Airpark (silver bell AHP. MZJ) Arizona U.S.A. awaiting their fate.

The photos have been positioned approximately where the aircraft were parked in relation to each other. As a reference, note the low building in the background with a segmented front.

ZK-NZE ZK-NZC ZK-NZA

ZK-NZG Compiled by Gary Sommerville