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Piper J5C · 1943 · North Fort Myers, FL
N65940 is a 1943 Piper J5C (serial 5-1461), registered to Bavarian Barnstormers 2 Inc (non-citizen corporation) in North Fort Myers, FL. Its FAA registration is recorded as non-citizen (valid) and expires September 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Lycoming 0-235 SERIES engine rated at 115 hp, the engine on 63% of registered Piper J5Cs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A8B126. It is one of 19 Piper J5C aircraft on the FAA registry. Bavarian Barnstormers 2 Inc holds 8 aircraft on the registry.
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12 of the 19 registered Piper J5C carry this engine (63%), across 5 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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