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Spartan 7W · 1940 · Aberdeen, SD
N17665 is a 1940 Spartan 7W (serial 31), registered to Bormes John M (individual) in Aberdeen, SD. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires June 2032; the airworthiness certificate dates from April 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a P&W R-985 SERIES engine rated at 450 hp, the engine on 95% of registered Spartan 7Ws. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A132BF. It is one of 19 Spartan 7W aircraft on the FAA registry. Bormes John M holds 3 aircraft on the registry.
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18 of the 19 registered Spartan 7W carry this engine (95%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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