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N42288

Christen Industries Inc A-1

Valid Texas

N42288 is a Christen Industries Inc A-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cresson, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 19, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Christen Industries Inc
Model
A-1
Serial number
1329
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5069E (octal 51203236)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 19, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 19, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01448637

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Welsh Christopher R
Type
Individual
Address
137 Constellation Dr
Cresson, TX 76035-5839

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 2

2018-09-13Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B · Registration expired, pending cancellation
1971-01-20Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

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