{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1979-01-31","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Amateur built; Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1998-07-29","city":"WATERFORD","country_code":"US","county_code":"049","cruise_speed_mph":58,"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":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Schweizer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHWEIZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8050116","mode_s_code":"52771427","mode_s_hex":"ABF317","model":"SGS 1-26A","n_number":"N8693R","name":"GEHRLEIN RODNEY L","num_engines":0,"other_names":"GEHRLEIN JAY L","plain_english":"N8693R is a Schweizer SGS 1-26A, a glider with no engine, built in 1963. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Gehrlein Rodney L, a partnership in Waterford, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 1998 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; amateur built; exhibition, dated January 31, 1979.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Partnership","registrant_type_code":"2","seats":1,"serial_number":"213","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"9001 HAMOT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00712311","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N8693R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1963,"zip":"164412701"}