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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N66BV

Valentin Gmbh TAIFUN 17E

Valid Montana

N66BV is a Valentin Gmbh TAIFUN 17E, a glider with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Kalispell, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Valentin Gmbh
Model
TAIFUN 17E
Serial number
1070
Type
Glider
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A8B20D (octal 52131015)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 8, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 8, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00812816

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith James E Trustee
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 8177
Kalispell, MT 59904-1177
Co-owners
Talcott Jeri K Trustee

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.

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