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N979

Swallow SWALLOW

N979 is a Swallow SWALLOW, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1927. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Adelanto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 30, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
Swallow
Model
SWALLOW
Serial number
842
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Wright CURTISS OX5 · 90 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1927
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
ADA513 (octal 53322423)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 25, 2018
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · May 30, 2003
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00374348

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Laird Charles L IV
Type
Individual
Address
15888 Waco Ct
Adelanto, CA 92301-3965

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

1989-05-22Knight Twister 85B · N-number assigned but not yet registered
1929-08-16Advance Aircraft Co WACO 10 · Valid registration

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