DC3 flying from Idaburn Airfield New Zealand.

The children of the St. Johns School Ranfurly Otago New Zealand made history by flying in the 66 year old DC3 The first to use the new Idaburn Airfield on Barry Beckers Farm in Idaburn - Oturehua New Zealand.
Southern DC3:
ZK-AMY is the only DC3 still flying in the South Island and one of only two left flying in New Zealand. The public of NZ are enjoying ZK-AMY as an icon of living history. Fly in her and relive for yourself the glory of travel in the golden age of flight. As one of the four pilots on the Trust Board, Dave Horsburgh says, The Old Girl is not ready to retire - well make her earn her keep for a long time yet.
The DC3 is a legend around the world and nowhere more than in NZ. Since its first flight in 1935 the DC3 has continuously impressed with its reliability, safety and style, along with the ability to earn its way in a world of rapidly advancing technology.
ZK-AMY began life flying for the US Air Force in 1944, she flew Australia from top to bottom between 19471994 and most recently flew with Pionair and Vincent Aviation.
Yet, with just 18,000 hours logged against her airframe, she is literally the youngest airworthy DC3 in the Southern Hemisphere.

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[cessna207]

go captain dave

[ilovemaniototo]

@cessna207 Ditto. He was great.

[baldyholly79]

Carol, i have just watched this vid from start to finish and i was intrigued, this is so interesting and its great to see the kids learning about your countries history, as well as putting something back into the local community. I loved the history of the second world War as a kid, and found myself captivated by the pilots speech.

[ilovemaniototo]

Thanks so much Jamie. I'm so glad you enjoyed out video. The kids loved learning and having the flight too awesome.

Carol x

[Inky261]

spring is in the air here

[ilovemaniototo]

Thanks Inky.

[splitty77]

Fabulous!

[ilovemaniototo]

Yep thats what I did to you yesterday. UTube can be so frustrating at times.

Carol

[beachfrontal]

@ilovemaniototo this is what I mean I can still comment to you, tell you how wonderful the video is, but instead of doing so in the usual way, I comment on the video in any available reply application that leads back to the video owner. cute eh and it works everytime. no problem. so ignore the respond to this video box cos that is nothing more than the devils work to annoy us,and complicate our YT enjoyment.

[ilovemaniototo]

Oh thankyou Paul for watching again.

Carol x