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ZK-BDF c/n AACA685 ex ZK-TCH
ZK-DVE c/n 3886
ZK-DYL c/n 3902 as ZK-RMT.
ZK-DYM c/n 3903 re-registered to ZK-ZIP
ZK-DYN c/n 3904 re-registered to ZK-XBD
ZK-DYO c/n 3913
ZK-DYP c/n 3882
ZK-DYT c/n 3877
ZK-RMT c/n 3902 Exported from New Zealand
ZK-RWF c/n AACA629
ZK-XBD c/n 3904 ex ZK-DYN
ZK-ZBD
ZK-ZIP c/n 3903 ex ZK-DYM
Provided by Owen Wilson: As far as I know, around 40 BD-5 Kits came into the country, intended for production at Hamilton’s NZ Aerospace Industries after the success of the CT-4 Airtourer/Airtrainer…. It morphed into Pacific Aerospace… and much later NZ Aeromotive. Jim Bede thought it would be an easier path to Certification to have another Overseas Country get the BD-5 Certified, and then bring it under the FAA Certification as a foreign Certified Aircraft… Sadly, the FAA wouldn’t let it happen, requiring full Stage Checks along the way, which required way too much cost in sending each part back to the States, and so the deal was lost. In the end, the same Engine problems would have stymied the Production anyway !!
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