{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1980-03-31","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-06-16","city":"ORDWAY","country_code":"US","county_code":"025","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":"2027-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Flug & Fahrzeugwerke","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FLUG & FAHRZEUGWERKE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3550812","mode_s_code":"53057416","mode_s_hex":"AC5F0E","model":"HBV DIAMANT 18","n_number":"N8968","name":"HECKENDORF JON W","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8968 is a Flug & Fahrzeugwerke HBV DIAMANT 18, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ordway, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated March 31, 1980.","region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"073","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"321 E 3RD ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00891571","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N8968","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"810631310"}