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Grumman G-73 · 1946 · Hillsboro, OR
N2945 is a 1946 Grumman G-73 (serial J-8), registered to Somers Charles Michael (individual) in Hillsboro, OR. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from October 1955 (70 years ago). It carries 2 P&W W-S1H&S3H engines rated at 600 hp each (1,200 hp total), the engine on 8% of registered Grumman G-73s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A3075D. It is one of 13 Grumman G-73 aircraft on the FAA registry. Somers Charles Michael holds 12 aircraft on the registry.
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1 of the 13 registered Grumman G-73 carry this engine (8%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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