Recently at North Shore Airfield I had the opportunity to have a look inside one of the older hangars and photograph these two aircraft. They both used to be owned by the New Zealand wing of the Confederate Air Force but are now owned by Black Sheep Wing Inc of North Shore.
As you can see, both aircraft are engineless and there is a story around why.
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ZK-USM is ex NZ 1082. It was originally registered ZK-ENL on 14/7/83 but at that time its restoration wasn't completed and it was cancelled on 27/3/ 91. It was registered as ZK-USM on 28/2/97 and it was airworthy by 2000. However it has since fallen on hard times.
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As you can see, both aircraft are engineless and there is a story around why.
ZK-TEX is a Beech D18S and was first registered in New Zealand on 8/12/89. It still wears Confederate Air Force titles although that is not PC these days.
I guess we shouldn't look forward to these aircraft flying again any time soon.