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N545L

La France Tailwind W-8

Valid Kansas

N545L is a La France Tailwind W-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Valley Center, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 13, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 23, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
La France Tailwind
Model
W-8
Serial number
45
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1967
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A6EB79 (octal 51565571)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 13, 2023
Expires
July 31, 2030
Last FAA action
August 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · May 23, 1980
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00393175

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wiebe James R
Type
Individual
Address
20 Hawthorne Dr
Valley Center, KS 67147-8585

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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