While there's plenty of attention on Queen Elizabeth's final journey in the UK, New Zealand is home to an aircraft used for one of her first tours.
Her Majesty flew on a Douglas Dakota during her Coronation Tour - and the aircraft lives in the Airforce Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch.
"It's definitely - if you excuse the pun - one of the jewels in our collection, it has a very special history, interesting history," said Darren Hammond, collections manager at the Airforce Museum of New Zealand.
The Douglas Dakota started out as a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) cargo plane in 1945 - before it was chosen for a very special reason.
"But was selected in 1952 to be converted to a VIP aircraft for the royal visit the following year," said Hammond.
"The inside was converted to a luxurious VIP fit-out, with leather-lined seats, rimu-lined panels on the wall. And there are shields depicting all of the RNZAF squadrons in service at the time of the royal tour."
During the Queen's coronation tour two Douglas Dakota's were used, one for the VIPs and the other for equipment and luggage.
"That equipment and the luggage had to depart last but arrive first," Hammon told Newshub.
"We believe the royals would have sat in the rear compartment, it's further away from the engines and the flight deck, closer to the exit the steward and the bathroom."
But the aircraft's service didn't stop with Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.
"It continued as a VIP transport long after the royal tour and was used to transport a number of heads of state and important visitors to NZ all around the country."
The plane was eventually retired in 1977 after spending more than 12,000 hours in the sky.
