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N7179Y

Consolidated Vultee PBY-6A

Valid Texas

N7179Y is a Consolidated Vultee PBY-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 4 seats. It is registered to American Airpwr Heritage Fly Museum, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 1994 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated September 10, 1991.

Aircraft

Maker
Consolidated Vultee
Model
PBY-6A
Serial number
225
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · P & W R-1830 SERIES · 1350 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1945
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
A999B8 (octal 52314670)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 21, 1994
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · September 10, 1991
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00185361

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
American Airpwr Heritage Fly Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 764769
Dallas, TX 75376-4769

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1964-12-03Piper PA-30 · Valid registration

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