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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS G-18

K & L Soaring LLC

Historical Aircraft Glider Rev 6 11/29/2010 drs.faa.gov ↗

Former holders

  • Schweizer Aircraft Corporation

Fleet view · 74 registered tails

Engineering specs aggregated from the FAA Aircraft Registry — what every actually-flying tail under this TCDS reports. Median + 10th–90th-percentile range across the active fleet.

Seats

2

n=74

Cruise (kts)

75

75–75

Year of mfr

1963

1946–1980

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • NONE NONE 67
  • AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG 3

NTSB events

31

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

0

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.42 events / tail · 0.00 ADs / tail

The TCDS PDF on drs.faa.gov is the authoritative document for design-as-certified weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, and operating limitations. Open on drs.faa.gov ↗ DRS frequently breaks — when it does, the fleet view above and the cross-links below are usually what you actually need.