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Taylorcraft BF-65 · 1939 · Belvidere, IL
N22246 is a 1939 Taylorcraft BF-65 (serial 1193), registered to Griswold Dean A (individual) in Belvidere, IL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires June 2032; the airworthiness certificate dates from October 1952 (73 years ago). It carries a Franklin 4AC176B SER engine rated at 65 hp, the engine on 78% of registered Taylorcraft BF-65s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A1EB72. It is one of 9 Taylorcraft BF-65 aircraft on the FAA registry. Griswold Dean A holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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7 of the 9 registered Taylorcraft BF-65 carry this engine (78%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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