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Piper PA-18A 150 · 1957 · Eagle River, AK
N157GW is a 1957 Piper PA-18A 150 (serial 18-6182), registered to Foster Colt D (individual) in Eagle River, AK. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires June 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from November 1957 (68 years ago). It carries a Lycoming 0-320 SERIES engine rated at 180 hp, the engine on 92% of registered Piper PA-18A 150s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A0E4DB. It is one of 384 Piper PA-18A 150 aircraft on the FAA registry.
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334 of the 364 registered Piper PA-18A 150 carry this engine (92%), across 16 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
A Piper PA-18A 150 needs roughly 900 ft of runway for takeoff at sea level (takeoff distance ~775 ft plus a 15% safety margin). Check it against a destination airport →
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