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Aeronca 7AC · 1946 · San Miguel, CA
N82003 is a 1946 Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-628), registered to Bugsmashers Inc (corporation) in San Miguel, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires May 2027; the airworthiness certificate dates from August 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES engine rated at 65 hp, the engine on 83% of registered Aeronca 7ACs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AB334F. It is one of 1,883 Aeronca 7AC aircraft on the FAA registry. Bugsmashers Inc holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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1,505 of the 1,822 registered Aeronca 7AC carry this engine (83%), across 29 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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