ZK-ARP Percival
P.44 Proctor 5
(c/n Ae.97)
Formerly G-AIEO, this Proctor was imported in June 1948 for the
Wairarapa and
Ruahine
Aero Club and was practically brand new at the time. It was sold
to the
Wellington Aero Club in 1950, in
whose service it is seen here. In the late 1950s the
aircraft was placed into storage,
and later purchased by Frank Brittain and taken to
Palmerston North. Following his
death it has once again been completely restored by
Stan and Gilly
Smith at North Shore and is now operated by a syndicate