Aircraft Description
N6217 is a 1928 Travel Air Mfg Co 2000, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Nichols Charles F Trustee in Baldwin Park, CA. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on July 31, 1980. The registration certificate was issued on December 16, 2019. The registration is set to expire on December 31, 2029. Powered by a Ama/expr UNKNOWN ENG engine, N6217 is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A81D41 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N6217 was last updated on September 22, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
The Travel Air 2000 was the aircraft that established Travel Air Manufacturing Company as America's leading commercial aircraft producer of the 1920s, outselling all competitors from 1924 to 1929. First flown in March 1925, it was a three-seat open-cockpit biplane powered by a 90-horsepower Curtiss OX-5 liquid-cooled V-8 engine. With a range of 500 miles, the rugged biplane served barnstormers, mail carriers, and private operators throughout the era's aviation boom. The Travel Air Manufacturing Company of Wichita, Kansas, produced approximately 1,300 examples between 1925 and 1930. AviatorDB tracks 24 Travel Air Mfg Co aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is TVLB.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N6217. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Last updated: 2026-05-15 01:32:20 UTC