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Rolladen-schneider LS-4 · 1981 · Fairfield, PA
N40WC is a 1981 Rolladen-schneider LS-4 (serial 4096), registered to Grinder Michael C (co-owner) in Fairfield, PA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires July 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from February 1982 (44 years ago). It carries a None NONE engine, the engine on 97% of registered Rolladen-schneider LS-4s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A4AC3F. It is one of 36 Rolladen-schneider LS-4 aircraft on the FAA registry. Grinder Michael C holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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35 of the 36 registered Rolladen-schneider LS-4 carry this engine (97%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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