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N18984

Robinson Sailplane JR-5

N18984 is a Robinson Sailplane JR-5, a glider with no engine, built in 1938. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Poway, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2002 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated June 2, 2021.

Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Sailplane
Model
JR-5
Serial number
JR5
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1938
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A165A8 (octal 50262650)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 8, 2002
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · June 2, 2021
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00028368

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fronius Douglas L
Type
Co-owned
Address
14161 Arbolitos Dr
Poway, CA 92064-6439
Co-owners
Fronius Mae T

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.

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