Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N288BD

Develle Bruce A RV-8

Valid Texas

N288BD is a Develle Bruce A RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Hop Props LLC, an LLC in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2009 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
Develle Bruce A
Model
RV-8
Serial number
80595
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1A · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2003
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A2EBD0 (octal 50565720)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 30, 2009
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · October 9, 2003
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00743824

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hop Props LLC
Type
LLC
Address
3700 N Main St
Houston, TX 77009-5428

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