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N163JS

Jonker Sailplanes JS3

Valid Electric gliderTennessee

N163JS is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3, a glider with no engine, built in 2019. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Ruegger Engineering CO, a corporation in Thompsons Station, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated April 27, 2019.

Jonker Sailplanes: JS3 RES electric self-launch

Aircraft

Maker
Jonker Sailplanes (South Africa)
FAA spelling: JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD
Model
JS3
Serial number
03-033
Type
Glider
Power
None · M&D Flugze MD-TJ42 · 350 lb thrust
Seats
1
Year built
2019
Transponder code
A0FDAC (octal 50176654)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
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Expires
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Last FAA action
August 25, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · April 27, 2019
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01291778

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ruegger Engineering CO
Type
Corporation
Address
1796 Cayce Springs Rd
Thompsons Station, TN 37179-9733

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Documents on file 0

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

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