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N228GM

Gordon A Comfort VANS RV-8

N228GM is a Gordon A Comfort VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2013. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Joby Aero INC, a corporation in Santa Cruz, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated April 15, 2026.

Aircraft

Maker
Gordon A Comfort
Model
VANS RV-8
Serial number
80010
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-390 SER · 210 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2013
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A1FF5B (octal 50377533)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 17, 2021
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · April 15, 2026
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01093660

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Joby Aero INC
Type
Corporation
Address
340 Woodpecker Rdg
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-9797

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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