{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1980-01-15","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1974-08-06","city":"GOLD HILL","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":60,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"63501","engine_horsepower":36,"engine_maker":"VOLKSWAGEN","engine_model":"CONVERSION","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-02-29","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-21","maker":"Sportavia Putzer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SPORTAVIA PUTZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8451016","mode_s_code":"51577226","mode_s_hex":"A6FE96","model":"RF5B SPERBER","n_number":"N55RN","name":"RICHARDS WILLIAM B","num_engines":1,"other_names":"SINKO JAMES W","plain_english":"N55RN is a Sportavia Putzer RF5B SPERBER, a glider with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Gold Hill, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 1974 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated January 15, 1980.","region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":2,"serial_number":"51026","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9019 HARDY WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00533375","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N55RN","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1973,"zip":"97525"}