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Schweizer SGS 1-26A · 1956 · Chestertown, MD
N3853A is a 1956 Schweizer SGS 1-26A (serial 12), registered to Mellies Thomas (individual) in Chestertown, MD. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires March 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from March 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a None NONE engine, the engine on 98% of registered Schweizer SGS 1-26As. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A4709F. It is one of 64 Schweizer SGS 1-26A aircraft on the FAA registry.
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62 of the 63 registered Schweizer SGS 1-26A carry this engine (98%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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