{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1980-04-30","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1990-11-05","city":"NEW OXFORD","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":60,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"38602","engine_horsepower":68,"engine_maker":"LIMBACH","engine_model":"1700E","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Sportavia Putzer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SPORTAVIA PUTZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8451016","mode_s_code":"51576462","mode_s_hex":"A6FD32","model":"RF5B SPERBER","n_number":"N55BG","name":"CHICK JAMES E","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N55BG is a Sportavia Putzer RF5B SPERBER, a glider with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 1990 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 30, 1980.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"51006","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13 HEARTHSIDE DR #102","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00713365","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N55BG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"17350"}