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Consolidated Vultee BT-13A · 1942 · Detroit, MI
N79VV is a 1942 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (serial 11756), registered to Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum Inc (corporation) in Detroit, MI. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from June 2023 (3 years ago). It carries a P&W R-985 SERIES engine rated at 450 hp, the engine on 78% of registered Consolidated Vultee BT-13As. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AAB79B. It is one of 56 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A aircraft on the FAA registry. Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum Inc holds 11 aircraft on the registry.
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38 of the 49 registered Consolidated Vultee BT-13A carry this engine (78%), across 7 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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