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N168SS

Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau STANDARD ASTIR II

Valid Kansas

N168SS is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau STANDARD ASTIR II, a glider with no engine, built in 1980. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Soaring Systems INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 1981 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 30, 1987.

Aircraft

Maker
Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau
Model
STANDARD ASTIR II
Serial number
5040S
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A11107 (octal 50210407)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 12, 1981
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · July 30, 1987
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00733210

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Soaring Systems INC
Type
Corporation
Address
14311 E Tipperary Cir
Wichita, KS 67230-1517

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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