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N5597M

Swanson Carl R/Swanson Aero NIEUPORT 27

N5597M is a Swanson Carl R/Swanson Aero NIEUPORT 27, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Windward Aviation INC, a corporation in Seatle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 1981 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 9, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Swanson Carl R/Swanson Aero
Model
NIEUPORT 27
Serial number
S-8
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Gnome ROTARY · 160 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A72433 (octal 51622063)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 26, 1981
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 9, 1980
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00420116

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Windward Aviation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
9404 E Marginal Way S
Seatle, WA 98108-4097

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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