A Hawker Siddeley HS 748 airliner of New Zealand’s Mount Cook Airlines on the tarmac at Queenstown Airport in 1979 with the Southern Alps behind. Mount Cook Airline was a regional airline, founded in 1920, based in Christchurch. It later became a subsidiary of Air New Zealand and in 2019 the brand name was retired. This aircraft is named ‘Aorangi’, a Maori name. On the aircraft tail is an image of the Mount Cook lily (Ranunculus lyallii), the largest buttercup in the world. This image is from an old amateur Kodak colour transparency – a vintage 1970s photograph.
An airliner of New Zealand’s Mount Cook Airlines on the tarmac at Queenstown Airport in 1979 with the Southern Alps as a scenic backdrop. Mount Cook Airline was a regional airline, founded in 1920, based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It became a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, in 2019 the brand name was retired with all services flying under the Air New Zealand banner. This aircraft is named ‘Aorangi’, a Maori name – which can translate as ‘Light of Heaven’, ‘World in the Sky’, or ‘Cloud of Heaven’. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748, a medium-sized turboprop airliner originally designed and initially produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro, was one of 8 aircraft that the airline operated. On the tail is an image of the Mount Cook lily (Ranunculus lyallii), the largest buttercup in the world. This image is from an old amateur Kodak colour transparency. It will look soft if used at too large a size – a vintage 1970s photograph.
Size: 3543px × 2405px
Location: Queenstown Airport, Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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