Northrop/Thornton T-38A
N638TC is a Northrop/Thornton T-38A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines, built in 1963. It has 2 seats. It is registered to National Test Pilot School, a corporation in Mojave, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 21, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated February 13, 2024.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Northrop/Thornton
- Model
- T-38A
- Serial number
- 5518
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turbojet, 2 motors · Ge J85-5H · 3,850 lb thrust
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1963
- Transponder code
- A85D20 (octal 52056440)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 21, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development · February 13, 2024
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00742086
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- National Test Pilot School
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1030 Flight Line Bldg 72
Mojave, CA 93501-1679
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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