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N972AF

Schleicher ASK-21

Valid Alabama

N972AF is a Schleicher ASK-21, a glider with no engine, built in 1986. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Civil Air Patrol, a corporation in Maxwell Afb, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2003 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 6, 1988.

Aircraft

Maker
Schleicher
Model
ASK-21
Serial number
21320
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
2
Year built
1986
Transponder code
AD8B19 (octal 53305431)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 8, 2003
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 6, 1988
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00545480

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Civil Air Patrol
Type
Corporation
Address
105 S Hansell St
Maxwell Afb, AL 36112-5937

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