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Schweizer SGS 1-26B · 1962 · Poway, CA
N8654R is a 1962 Schweizer SGS 1-26B (serial 191), registered to Whiting Stephen Dow (individual) in Poway, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires March 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 1962 (64 years ago). It carries a None NONE engine, the engine on 98% of registered Schweizer SGS 1-26Bs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABE45E. It is one of 92 Schweizer SGS 1-26B aircraft on the FAA registry.
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86 of the 88 registered Schweizer SGS 1-26B carry this engine (98%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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