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Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL · 1938 · Blue Springs, MO
N18904 is a 1938 Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL (serial 188), registered to Miller James L (individual) in Blue Springs, MO. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 1960 (66 years ago). It carries a Menasco PIRATE C4 D4 engine rated at 125 hp, the engine on 13% of registered Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIALs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A16490. It is one of 9 Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL aircraft on the FAA registry. Miller James L holds 7 aircraft on the registry.
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1 of the 8 registered Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL carry this engine (13%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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