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Aeronca 7DC · 1946 · Madison, SD
N82653 is a 1946 Aeronca 7DC (serial 7AC-1295), registered to Riggin Flight Service Inc (corporation) in Madison, SD. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 70% of registered Aeronca 7DCs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AB4A48. It is one of 122 Aeronca 7DC aircraft on the FAA registry. Riggin Flight Service Inc holds 39 aircraft on the registry.
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82 of the 117 registered Aeronca 7DC carry this engine (70%), across 9 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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