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FSX Classic Flyers PT-13 Stearman ZK-XAF. This is a repaint only, for the payware Vertigo Studios Stearman Vol.1 set. This repaint depicts the restored Stearman PT-13 ZK-XAF, owned/operated by Stearman 03 Ltd. at the Classic Flyers museum based at Tauranga Airport, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. The aircraft, originally manufactured as USAAF 42-17744, was imported to Australia in 1988, and later to New Zealand in 1996, then registered to Bay of Plenty Classic Aircraft Company Ltd. and based with the Classic Flyers Museum. The aircraft is painted in colorful pre-WWII U.S. Naval Fighting Squadron markings and is used to provide scenic flights and flight training to paying customers. By John Terrell.