- Registered owner
- Soaring Systems Inc
- Location
- Wichita, KS
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 5040S
- Year built
- 1980
- Type
- Glider
- Engine
- None
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date
- July 30, 1987
- Certificate issued
- March 12, 1981
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Mode S code
- A11107
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
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Information bulletins that may apply · 1
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau STANDARD ASTIR II
SAIB CE-05-45NTSB investigations
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FAA incident reports
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Service difficulty reports
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STCs that may be installed
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