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N117A

Whittman Tailwind W-8

Valid Wisconsin

N117A is a Whittman Tailwind W-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Malone, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 27, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 4, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Whittman Tailwind
Model
W-8
Serial number
158
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1965
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A04634 (octal 50043064)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 27, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 4, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00961220

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hjelle Tim D
Type
Individual
Address
N9497 Hiway 151
Malone, WI 53049

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1964-04-09Lockheed 749A-79 · exported to Peru · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data