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Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 · 1929 · Rch Palos Vrd, CA
N8700 is a 1929 Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 (serial 976), registered to Smith Richard Charles (individual) in Rch Palos Vrd, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires July 2029. It carries a Cont Motor W670 SERIES engine rated at 250 hp, the engine on 23% of registered Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABF8AE. It is one of 55 Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 aircraft on the FAA registry.
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11 of the 48 registered Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 carry this engine (23%), across 15 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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