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Waco BSO · Hood River, OR
N8543 is a Waco BSO (serial A-68), registered to Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (corporation) in Hood River, OR. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires August 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor W670 SERIES engine rated at 250 hp, the engine on 22% of registered Waco BSOs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABB8F5. It is one of 14 Waco BSO aircraft on the FAA registry. Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum holds 149 aircraft on the registry.
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2 of the 9 registered Waco BSO carry this engine (22%), across 6 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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