{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1995-07-27","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-06-22","city":"AMELIA COURT HOUSE","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":81,"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":"2027-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-10","maker":"I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania)","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"I.C.A.-BRASOV (ROMANIA)","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4490102","mode_s_code":"52633764","mode_s_hex":"AB37F4","model":"IS-28B2","n_number":"N8217W","name":"MERLIN SOARING ASSOCIATION INC","num_engines":0,"other_names":"CHAPTER 20210 OF THE SOARING SOCIETY OF AMERICA","plain_english":"N8217W is an I.C.A.-Brasov (Romania) IS-28B2, a glider with no engine, built in 1992. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Merlin Soaring Association INC, a corporation in Amelia Court House, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2007 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 27, 1995.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"357","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10949 BEVILS BRIDGE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00045482","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N8217W","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1992,"zip":"230023634"}