NAMES
T.E.A.L. Electras have Maori names all beginning with the letter A. Traditionally, the airline’s flagship is R.M.A. Aotearoa (R.M.A. is an abbreviation for
Royal Mail Airliner.) Aotearoa is the name given New Zealand by the early Maoris and means “long white cloud.” To Maori navigators the country appeared as a long white cloud on the horizon and so it frequently appears as airliners approach its shores these days. Registration letters and names for identification are:
Electra ZK-TEA RMA Aotearoa IV (“Long White Cloud”).
Electra ZK-TEB RMA Atarua (“Moonlight”). Electra ZK-TEC RMA Akaroa (“Long Harbour”).
When the Atarua arrived in New Zealand on its delivery flight it was found its name had been mis-spelled in painting on the fuselage—A tar an, which means short-sighted. The alteration has been made.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29109, 22 January 1960, Page 16
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