VH-EWH  Fokker F-27 Friendship                     (c/n  10190)

                               

                                        VH-EWH was an New Zealand National Airways Corporation Friendship leased to East-West
                                        for the period September 1963 to January 1965.    Greg Banfield's shot above was taken at Mas-
                                        cot in 1964.  The aircraft flew around in basic NZNAC livery with East-West titling before returning
                                        to New Zealand as its original ZK-BXH.    After being absorbed into the Air New Zealand fleet in
                                        1978 it was eventually withdrawn from service in 1992 and served as a ground instructional machine
                                        at Christchurch for many years.