{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1998-07-28","airworthiness_ops":"Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-03-01","city":"NEEDVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"157","cruise_speed_mph":null,"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":"2032-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-03-01","maker":"Sportine Aviacija (LAK)","maker_country":"LT","maker_raw":"AB SPORTINE AVIACIJA","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"05606KT","mode_s_code":"53370743","mode_s_hex":"ADF1E3","model":"GENESIS 2","n_number":"N998RS","name":"GREATER HOUSTON SOARING ASSOCIATION","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N998RS is a Sportine Aviacija (LAK) GENESIS 2, a glider with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Greater Houston Soaring Association, a corporation in Needville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated July 28, 1998.","region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"2001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"22802 CESSNA RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00233666","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N998RS","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"LAK-17 with front electric sustainer","weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"774619498"}