This aircraft was ordered new by United Airlines - ?

Entered onto the Brunei Aircraft Register as N737Q - March 09, 1968

Registered to The Boeing Aircraft Company, Renton, Washington

First flown at Seattle (Boeing Field) - March 09, 1968

This aircraft was retained by Boeing and used as a test and company demonstrator

It was reregistered as N1359B - July 01, 1970

Sold to New Zealand National Airways Corporation, Wellington - February 1974

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NAM - February 15, 1974

Registered to Zealand National Airways Corporation, Wellington

The aircraft was named 'Pateke' (brown duck)

Operated its first revenue service - February 1974

NAC was merged with Air New Zealand - April 01, 1978

Withdrawn from service - February 28, 1986

The aircraft had flown 23,259 hours with 31,801 cycles

An intended lease to Bahamasair, Nassau was not taken up

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - April 17, 1986

Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) - April 18, 1986

Leased to Frontier Airlines, Denver, Colorado

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N7302F - April 18, 1986

Leased to Frontier Airlines as the registered operator

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to the United States - April 18, 1986

The aircraft's lease was transferred to Continental Airlines - November 07, 1986

It was reregistered as N12235 - November 07, 1986

Leased to Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas as the registered operator

It was ferried to Kingman, Arizona for storage - ?

Ferried Kingman - Ardmore (Oklahoma) for storage - ?

The aircraft was broken up at Ardmore - ?

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - January 06, 2000

ZK-NAM. National Airways - 'Pateke' in the original livery at Christchurch Airport, March 24, 1974.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-576.)

ZK-NAM. National Airways - 'Pateke' in the original livery at Christchurch Airport, September 11, 1975.

(J. Mounce Collection Copyright Image 4625-060.)

ZK-NAM. National Airways - 'Pateke' in the original livery at Wellington Airport, April 26, 1976.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-575.)

ZK-NAM. NAC wings of the nation - 'Pateke' in the standard livery at Auckland Airport, date unknown.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-541.)

ZK-NAM. NAC wings of the nation - 'Pateke' in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, October 01, 1976.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-578.)

ZK-NAM. Air New Zealand - 'Pateke' in the transitional livery at Wellington Airport, May 06, 1979.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-577.)

ZK-NAM. Air New Zealand - 'Pateke' in the transitional livery at Auckland Airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-114.)

ZK-NAM. Air New Zealand - 'Pateke' in the transitional livery at Auckland Airport, August 1981.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-115.)

ZK-NAM. Air New Zealand - 'Pateke' in the standard livery at Auckland Airport, March 1983.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-116.)

N7302F. Frontier - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, September 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4625-218.)