{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1987-07-30","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1981-03-12","city":"WICHITA","country_code":"US","county_code":"173","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-13","maker":"Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1660402","mode_s_code":"50210407","mode_s_hex":"A11107","model":"STANDARD ASTIR II","n_number":"N168SS","name":"SOARING SYSTEMS INC","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N168SS is a Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau STANDARD ASTIR II, a glider with no engine, built in 1980. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Soaring Systems INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 1981 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated July 30, 1987.","region":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"5040S","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"14311 E TIPPERARY CIR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00733210","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N168SS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1980,"zip":"672301517"}