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N818F

Grumman F8F-2

N818F is a Grumman F8F-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Sonoma, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 15, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated October 13, 1965.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman
Model
F8F-2
Serial number
1053
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P & W R-2800 SERIES · 2000 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1942
Cruising speed
365 mph
Transponder code
AB2791 (octal 52623621)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 15, 2023
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
April 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · October 13, 1965
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00360052

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bowe Walter C Trustee
Type
Co-owned
Address
19500 7Th St E
Sonoma, CA 95476-7201
Co-owners
Mendieta Carlene A 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