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Command-aire 5C-3 · 1929 · West Ossipee, NH
N997E is a 1929 Command-aire 5C-3 (serial W-136), registered to Buerk Christian E (individual) in West Ossipee, NH. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from May 1952 (74 years ago). It carries a Wright R-760-8 engine rated at 235 hp, the engine on 25% of registered Command-aire 5C-3s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ADED08. It is one of 4 Command-aire 5C-3 aircraft on the FAA registry. Buerk Christian E holds 6 aircraft on the registry.
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1 of the 4 registered Command-aire 5C-3 carry this engine (25%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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