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Bird BK · Poplar Grove, IL
N894W is a Bird BK (serial 2035-15), registered to Zangs William J (individual) in Poplar Grove, IL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2032; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 1959 (66 years ago). It carries a Kinner K5 SERIES engine rated at 100 hp, the engine on 75% of registered Bird BKs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AC5624. It is one of 9 Bird BK aircraft on the FAA registry. Zangs William J holds 5 aircraft on the registry.
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6 of the 8 registered Bird BK carry this engine (75%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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