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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Interesting Arrival - Aztec T3-64Z

The country registration prefix of T3 is not a particularly common one to be seen outside its local area and only a handful of aircraft have ever worn it.  The T3 prefix belongs to the small island group of Kiribati located in the central Pacific Ocean.

Therefore the arrival of Piper PA23-250F Aztec T3-64Z at Kerikeri early on the afternoon of 13 April from Norfolk Island was interesting.  the Aztec had flown the previous afternoon from Nadi to Norfolk Island.  This particular airframe is C/N 27-8054025 ex N2364Z and as such it was delivered to Tarawa on 08 April 2010 from Santa Barbara via Hilo and Honolulu.

T3-64Z is one of only four aircraft believed to be current on the register, the remaining aircraft are Casa 212 T3-ATC and -ATJ and Harbin Y-12 T3-ATI.

Can anyone shed any light as to where the Aztec flew onto from Kerikeri?

At Tarawa December 2012. 
And as a side note, but perhaps associated with the arrival of T3-64Z, we recorded the departure from Kerikeri for Norfolk Island on 09 April of Piper PA23-250 Aztec ZK-PIW of Sunair, Tauranga with the aircraft continuing onto Nadi the next day.
At Ardmore February 2013.


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