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N17W

Boeing B-17F

N17W is a Boeing B-17F, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 36 seats. It is registered to Museum Of Flight Foundation, a corporation in Seattle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 1990 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a limited airworthiness certificate, dated July 19, 1988.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
B-17F
Serial number
42-29782
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 4 motors · Wright R-1820 SER · 1475 hp
Seats
36
Year built
1942
Cruising speed
221 mph
Transponder code
A118C8 (octal 50214310)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 17, 1990
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Limited · July 19, 1988
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00922270

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Museum Of Flight Foundation
Type
Corporation
Address
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle, WA 98108

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

1931-05-19Robertson David GLIDER · Valid registration

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