{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1980-07-18","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Amateur built; Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-09-26","city":"VENICE","country_code":"US","county_code":"115","cruise_speed_mph":60,"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":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"Fitch","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FITCH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0564796","mode_s_code":"52463315","mode_s_hex":"AA66CD","model":"HP-18","n_number":"N77BF","name":"ECKELS RICHARD E","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N77BF is a Fitch HP-18, a glider with no engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Venice, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; amateur built; exhibition, dated July 18, 1980.","region":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"48","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"151 FIELD AVE E","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00463427","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N77BF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"342853800"}