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Waco YKS-7 · 1937 · Poplar Grove, IL
N17716 is a 1937 Waco YKS-7 (serial 4623), registered to Soare Sean C (co-owner) in Poplar Grove, IL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires March 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from February 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Jacobs L4 /R755-7 engine rated at 245 hp, the engine on 86% of registered Waco YKS-7s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A135C8. It is one of 21 Waco YKS-7 aircraft on the FAA registry. Soare Sean C holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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18 of the 21 registered Waco YKS-7 carry this engine (86%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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