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Stinson 108-1 · 1946 · West Paris, ME
N97785 is a 1946 Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-785), registered to Copithorne Richard J (individual) in West Paris, ME. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires August 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1972 (54 years ago). It carries a Franklin 6A4150 SERIES engine rated at 150 hp, the engine on 90% of registered Stinson 108-1s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ADA134. It is one of 338 Stinson 108-1 aircraft on the FAA registry. Copithorne Richard J holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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290 of the 324 registered Stinson 108-1 carry this engine (90%), across 10 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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