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N5559B

Richard S Blaes RICHARD BLAES RV-7

N5559B is a Richard S Blaes RICHARD BLAES RV-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Big Stone City, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 12, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 13, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Richard S Blaes
Model
RICHARD BLAES RV-7
Serial number
71818
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming X(I)O 320 · 160 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-7
Transponder code
A71593 (octal 51612623)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 12, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2030
Last FAA action
June 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 13, 2017
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01238257

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Weckman Jim L
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 87
Big Stone City, SD 57216-0087

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

1994-02-08Raven Industries Inc. RALLY RX7 · exported to South Africa · Valid registration
1956-09-04Cessna 182 · exported to Chile · Valid registration

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