Cherokee Sailplanes Cherokee II, ZK-GBT / G1, Classic Flyers Museum
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Registration: ZK-GBT
Construction Number: G1
Model Cherokee Sailplanes Cherokee II
Operator: Classic Flyers Museum
Airport: Tauranga (TRG / NZTG), New Zealand
Photographer: rinze de vries
Date Taken: 17/07/2014
Date Submitted: 21/01/2026
ZK-GBT is a Hall Cherokee II, high-wing, single seat glider, designed and introduced by Stanley A. Hall in 1956 for home construction. About 100 examples were built in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. ZK-GBT (c/n G 1) was built in 1959 from a kitset by a syndicate of Auckland Gliding Club members. Registered on 7 October 1960, her first flight was at Ardmore on 25 November 1961.
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