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N573JB

Brabec Josef E HP-18 SAILPLANE

N573JB is a Brabec Josef E HP-18 SAILPLANE, a glider with no engine, built in 1983. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ridgecrest, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 1992 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 26, 1984.

Aircraft

Maker
Brabec Josef E
Model
HP-18 SAILPLANE
Serial number
85
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1983
Transponder code
A75A58 (octal 51655130)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 19, 1992
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 26, 1984
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00480606

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Helmick Hugh M
Type
Individual
Address
704 Graaf
Ridgecrest, CA 93555

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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