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N493JM

Thunder & Colt Ltd COLT AS-56

Valid Arizona

N493JM is a Thunder & Colt Ltd COLT AS-56, an airship with a two-stroke engine, built in 1987. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Tucson, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 26, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated October 29, 2014.

Aircraft

Maker
Thunder & Colt Ltd
Model
COLT AS-56
Serial number
899
Type
Blimp or dirigible
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Konig SC430 · 20 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1987
Transponder code
A61C11 (octal 51416021)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 26, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · October 29, 2014
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01124849

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Miller Ronald K
Type
Individual
Address
4924 N Ventana Ridge Pl
Tucson, AZ 85750-6068

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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