ZK-BDF  Cessna 180                  (c/n  30179)

                                       

                                             Fortunately I have this Jim Dyson image (via David Molesworth) of ZK-BDF since, on my
                                             shot, the rego is not discernable at all!   This was another early Rural Aviation Ltd machine.
                                             These 180s all had US registrations assigned (this one was N2979A) although I suspect they
                                             were painted up with their New Zealand registrations in Wichita.   Anyway, after a scant four
                                             years in New Zealkand this one was sold in Australkia in 1957 as VH-AFK (the fifth aircraft
                                             to bear this registration).   It was written off in a crash at Timor, NSW in 1958.