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N18997

Laister-Kauffmann BOWLUS BA-100

N18997 is a Laister-Kauffmann BOWLUS BA-100, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Tehachapi, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 1, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Laister-Kauffmann
Model
BOWLUS BA-100
Serial number
106
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A165CE (octal 50262716)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 1, 2020
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
November 18, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00140887

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Knerr Joshua D
Type
Individual
Address
16334 Harris Rd Apt 29
Tehachapi, CA 93561-6458

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

1948-05-25Consolidated Aircraft Corp 28-4 · Valid registration

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