Air Chathams Corvair CV-580 (ZK-CIE).
Convair CV-580, construction number 399.
The Convair CV-580 is a further development of the Convair CV-240. The aircraft is commercial aircraft that Convair produced from 1947 to 1954, basically as a replacement for the legendary Douglas DC-3.
Air Chathams is an airline based in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Founded in 1984, it operates scheduled passenger services between the Chatham Islands and mainland New Zealand, along with routes between Auckland-Whakatāne and Auckland-Whanganui.
This photo was taken on 25 February 2017 during International Air Tattoo at RNZAF Ohakea Air Force Base (New Zealand).
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