WELL DONE FRIS!
DC-3C 5W-FAA, Western Samoa's (now Independent Samoa) first registered aircraft.
Ex 44-76563,NZ3537 and ZK-AOZ, AiResearch Inc. 'Maximiser' kit fitted.
Taken at Whenuapai (New Zealand) on delivery May 1963.
Eventually returned to NZ and sold to Seulawah Air Service as PK-RDB.
Left Auckland on delivery flight 27Sep65, got as far as Darwin on 2Oct65. Remained there, as payment not received.
DBR Darwin 24Dec74 in Cyclone Tracy, remains to Military Museum, East Point, Darwin.
