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Australian, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea
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This site is devoted to providing as complete a record as possible of aircraft operated by the ADF, NZDF & PNGDF.
Included where known are brief summaries of the history and current status of aircraft employed in Australian New Zealand & PNG Military Service.

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RNZAF AESL Airtourer T6
NZ1760 to NZ1763

 
     
   
     
 

AESL Airtourer Image Gallery

 
     
 

Serial

c/n

Delivered

Aircraft History

NZ1760

B542

23/05/1970

First flight 14 May 1970.
Serial NZ1751 not taken up.
Delivered to Wigram on 25 May 1970 as NZ1760.

Declared surplus1992 and put up for sale via Tender Air0052, closed 15 Feb 1993.

Sold to Sherjan Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, via Dennis Thompson Intl 31 Mar 1993.
Registered as ZK-JBX to R. Eknici on 01 April 1993.
Deregistered 22 April 1993.
Flew Auckland - Norfolk on 07 April 1993 and on to Australia.
Registered as VH-AMX on 07 May 1993 to R. Eknici, NSW.
Still flying as VH-AMX.

Airtourer NZ1760

NZ1761

B546

23/05/1970

First flight May 1970.
Serial NZ1750 not taken up.
Delivered to Wigram on 25 May 1970 as NZ1761.

Declared surplus 1992 and put up for sale via Tender Air0052, closed 15 Feb 1993.

Sold to D C Yates, Te Awamutu 12 March 1993
Registered as ZK-LDG to D. Yates, Wellington on 23 March 1993.
Still flying as ZK-LDG.

Airtourer NZ1761

NZ1762

B552

17/06/1970

First flight 09 June 1970.
Serial NZ1752 not taken up.
Delivery flight departed from Hamilton on 17 June 1970 as NZ1762.
Due to weather the aircraft overnighted at Ohakea and was delivered to Wigram the next day.
Declared surplus 1992 and put up for sale via Tender Air0052, closed 15 Feb 1993.

Sold to Bay of Islands Aero Club 15 March 1993.

Registered as ZK-JBZ to Bay of Islands Aero Club on 19 March 1993.

To RNZAF Auckland Aviation Sports Club on 29 August 1995.
Landing accident Waiheke Island 08 January 1999.
Registered to C. Grounsell 20 April 1999.
Rebuild and re-registered as ZK-CPG on 29 January 2004 to C.P. Grousell, Paeroa.
Now registered with Astral Investments Ltd.

Now based at Ardmore

NZ1763

B553

17/06/1970

First flight 16 June 1970.
Serial NZ1753 not taken up.
Delivery flight departed from Hamilton on 17 June 1970 as NZ1763.
Due to weather the aircraft overnighted at Ohakea and was delivered to Wigram the next day

Declared surplus 1992 and put up for sale via Tender Air0052, closed 15 Feb 1993 .

Sold to Mrs J Blake, Birchgrove, NSW 3 March 1993.
Registered as ZK-JAX to Dennis Thompson International on 19 March 1993.
Deregistered on 03 May 1993 and exported to Australia.
Registered to J. Blake of Birchgrove NSW on 21 May 1993 as VH-MUM.
Cancelled from Australian register on 15 April 1994.
Returned to NZ and registered ZK-WBW to B. White of Wellington in March 1994.
To Wellington Flight Centre on 15 April 1994.
To Nelson Aero Club 03 February 1995. Wellington Aero Club 04 June 1996.
Ardmore Flying School 11 December 1998.
RNZAF Auckland Aviation Sports Club 09 February 1999.
Still flying as ZK-WBW.

AESL Airtourer T6 NZ1763 CFS Dunedin Photo Glen Reid

 
     

The Author of this page is Ivan Prince (updated by Brendan Cowan), now managed by Les Billcliff.

Sources: Various AHSNZ Publications 1970-1993. NZ Civil Aircraft Register. Australian Civil Aircraft Register, .

Emails: R. Davidson, Brendan Cowan, Martin Edwards, Peter Lewis, Paul Harrison.

Converted to CMS 10th September 2025

Updated 10 January 2026