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N77BF

Fitch HP-18

Valid Florida

N77BF is a Fitch HP-18, a glider with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Venice, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; amateur built; exhibition, dated July 18, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Fitch
Model
HP-18
Serial number
48
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AA66CD (octal 52463315)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 26, 2007
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Amateur built; Exhibition · July 18, 1980
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00463427

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Eckels Richard E
Type
Individual
Address
151 Field Ave E
Venice, FL 34285-3800

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