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National Airways Corporation was the national domestic airline of New Zealand formed in 1947 by a government forced take over of Union Airways and a number of other smaller operators, and equipped with De Havilland Dragon Rapide s, De Havilland Fox Moth s, Douglas DC-3 s, Lockheed Electra s and Lockheed 14 s which initially operated inside New Zealand. However in the late 1940s ''NAC'' also provided international services to some nearby South Pacific countries, using converted ex Royal New Zealand Air Force Short Sunderland s. In the 1950s NAC acquired De Havilland Heron s, Vickers Viscount s and in the 1960s Fokker Friendship s and Boeing 737 s. A fully owned subsidiary was the freight company SAFE Air , which operated Bristol Freighter s and Armstrong Witworth Argosy s. NAC merged with Air New Zealand in 1978. Ex NAC Dragon Rapides, Fox Moths, and DC-3s still fly in private hands. All three, as well as two ex- NAC Lockheed Electras are preserved at the Museum Of Transport And Technology , Auckland. A Vickers Viscount is preserved at Ferrymead in Christchurch . Some Friendships continue in service in Indonesia. One of the converted RNZAF Sunderlands was until recently airworthy with Kermit Weeks collection. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES
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