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Schweizer SGS 1-26E · 1975 · Grand Rapids, MI
N33909 is a 1975 Schweizer SGS 1-26E (serial 629), registered to West Michigan Aviation Academy (corporation) in Grand Rapids, MI. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2031; the airworthiness certificate dates from June 1975 (51 years ago). It carries a None NONE engine, the engine on 93% of registered Schweizer SGS 1-26Es. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A3B9B8. It is one of 131 Schweizer SGS 1-26E aircraft on the FAA registry. West Michigan Aviation Academy holds 8 aircraft on the registry.
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116 of the 125 registered Schweizer SGS 1-26E carry this engine (93%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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