{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2025-07-15","airworthiness_ops":"Research and development; Crew training; Market survey","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-05-05","city":"MANASSAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"153","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"06400","engine_horsepower":168,"engine_maker":"AUSTRO","engine_model":"E4 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Diamond Aircraft","maker_country":"AT","maker_raw":"DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"2990009","mode_s_code":"51457451","mode_s_hex":"A65F29","model":"DA42MNG","n_number":"N51AU","name":"AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES","num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N51AU is a Diamond Aircraft DA42MNG, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Aurora Flight Sciences, a corporation in Manassas, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; crew training; market survey, dated July 15, 2025.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"42.MN004","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9950 WAKEMAN DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01048739","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N51AU","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"201102702"}