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N521R

Vickers SPITFIRE MARK IX

N521R is a Vickers SPITFIRE MARK IX, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Apex Foundation, a corporation in Bellevue, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2001 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 6, 1990.

Aircraft

Maker
Vickers
Model
SPITFIRE MARK IX
Serial number
CBAF-1X-1886
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rolls-Royc MERLIN · 1760 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
262 mph
Transponder code
A68E1C (octal 51507034)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 12, 2001
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · April 6, 1990
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00162345

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Apex Foundation
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 245
Bellevue, WA 98009-0245

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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