{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1998-01-26","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-10-22","city":"ROANOKE","country_code":"US","county_code":"770","cruise_speed_mph":45,"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":"2028-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-03","maker":"Let","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"LET","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1360306","mode_s_code":"53324666","mode_s_hex":"ADA9B6","model":"BLANIK L-13","n_number":"N98KK","name":"WHITCOMB MATTHEW J","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N98KK is a Let BLANIK L-13, a glider with no engine, built in 1925. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Roanoke, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 22, 2009 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated January 26, 1998.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"027155","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5217 DRESDEN LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00374768","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N98KK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1925,"zip":"240128576"}