Shorts Brothers C23B+ Sherpa N863DZ S/N 93-1320

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Shorts Brothers C23B+ Sherpa FAA Registration N863DZ and S/N 93-1320 - PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO ENGINES NOR PROPELLERS (props seen in pictures are for display) Please see bid deposit instructions below in Attachments. This aircraft was originally constructed by Shorts Brothers n December 1983 as an SD3-60 then in 1996 modified by Shorts Brothers to an SD3-60/Sherpa type aircraft. Its construction number SH3404 was approved by the Civil Aviation Authority for export with an Export Certificate of Airworthiness in the Transport Category (Passenger) on 10 September 1996.Itbegan its military career on 10 October 1996 with the Alaska Army National Guard and maintained by Duncan Aviation then M7 Aerospace.The twin tail modification for paradrop operations was done making it a C23B+. It was transferred to Balad, Iraq on 5 May 2006 for operation of C23B+ with Blue Force. After many missions, it departed Iraq on 24 September 2010 and re-assigned to SAT (San Antonio, TX with M7). It was repainted 6 May 2011 under Work Order #10152. On a 24 November 2014 Department of the Army memo, it became the subject of the Fixed Wing Project Office Disposition.and subsequently transferred under the Federal Surplus Property Program to Air Heritage Museum then in August 2026 to its current owner - Airmobile, Inc.. Back in 2014, the Army crew who flew this plane during the war was contacted to ferry the plane 5.5 hours from its base in Ft. Sill, Ok to Beaver County Airport, Pennsylvania on 8 December 2014 where it has been since then. It has 7401.8 aircraft hours. In January 2021 the PT65-AR engines and Hartzell propellers were removed for preservation and ultimately sold and are NOT included in this auction.This aircraft could be made operational upon installation of engines and propellers and, of course, upon all required maintenance and applicable ADs. The propellers seen in the photos were timed-out propellers for museum display purposes for the general public. This Sherpa has the original CAA logbook, all U.S. Army military green logbooks and thousands of pages of maintenance records -2408-5. -12. -13. -15. -16 and -17 (fly-away equipment inventory worth over $269,000) and weight and balance documents. The acquired cost of this aircraft was $7 million. All conveyances, FAA Bills of Sale from Air Heritage, Inc. to Airmobile, Inc. (under its FAA Dealer Certificate D006105) and then from Airmobile, Inc. to the winning bidder will be provided at the same time to expedite registration by the FAA to the new owner. The condition of the property is not warranted. Pictures are not warranted. Bidders have the opportunity to conduct physical inspection prior to bidding. In waiving their inspection rights, bidders bear the risk for any gross omissions regarding the functionality of items, failure to cite major missing parts, and/or restrictions with regards to usage that would have been revealed by physical inspection. SOLD AS IS. All sales are final and no warranty is implied or applied.