ZK-APX   Airspeed A.S.10 Oxford I            (c/n  1604)

                                    

                                           Considering that 8,751 Oxfords were built before and during WW II, very few of them
                                           found their way onto the world's civil aircraft registers.  In the UK, several were converted
                                           into the Airspeed A.S.65 Consul variant.  The Australian Department of Civil Aviation refused
                                           to give them Cs of A at all.   Two Oxfords appeared on the New Zealand civil regisster -
                                           ZK-APX and ZK-APY  - and even these were soon returned to the RNZAF for disposal.
                                           This shot, and that of the following entry are, therefore, quite rare.  This machine was previously
                                           the RAF's BF857 which went to the RNZAF as NZ1336.  The legend on the C-47A in the
                                           background reads 'Military Air Attache American Legation Wellington'.  This shot was circa
                                           1948.