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AT-6D TEXAN/42-85230
AT-6D Texan 42-85230
Serial #: 42-85230
Construction #: 88-17011
Civil Registration:
  ZK-ENK
  VH-NZX
Model(s):
  AT-6D Texan
  Harvard Mk. III
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Built for United States Army Air Force as 42-85230, 19??.
Allocated to Royal Air Force as EZ456, 19??.
Delivered directly to Royal New Zealand Air Force as NZ1099.
- BOC: November 1944.
- SOC: 1978.
- Total aiframe time as of disposal, 8688 hours, May 1, 1978.
Airferry International, Sydney, NSW, May 1978.
Don G. Reidpath, Auckland, New Zealand, September 14, 1978.
- Registered as ZK-ENK.
- Stored dismantled.
d'E. Charles Darby & Jim Pavitt, Auckland, NZ, 1982-1998.
- Restoration project, 1982-1987.
- Flying by 1992 as NZ1099.
Westerfield Holdings Ltd, Auckland-Ardmore, NZ, June 3, 1998-2003.
Jim Best, Jamestown, South Australia, 2003.
- Delivered via Norfolk Island to Albury, NSW, November 10, 2003.
Jim Best/Best Aviation, Jamestown, SA, November 28, 2003-2015.
- Registered as VH-NZX.
- Flew in yellow scheme as RNZAF “NZ1099/099”.
Jethro W. Nelson/Victory Aviation Pty Ltd, Kingston Beach, Tasmania, Australia, April 27, 2015-2020.
Harrison Flight Holdings PTY Ltd, Moffat Beach, Queensland, Australia, March 11, 2021-2025.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Photo Source(s):
Peter Phillipps

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