Light jet

N5RD

1965 Folland Aircraft Co Gnat T 1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1965
Serial
FL585
Class
Light jet
Engines
Rolls-Royce ORPHEOUS
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Marine Aviation Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N5RD on the FAA register

Type
1965 Folland Aircraft Co Gnat T 1
Serial
FL585
Engines
Rolls-Royce ORPHEOUS
Registered owner
Marine Aviation Museum Inc
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2025-02-05
Airworthiness date
2002-05-23
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A636B9
Mode S (octal)
51433271
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N5RD.
  • 2002-05-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1965
    Manufactured (1965).
Overview

About N5RD

N5RD is a 1965 Folland Aircraft Co Gnat T 1, serial number FL585. The FAA register lists Marine Aviation Museum Inc as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 5, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one Rolls-Royce ORPHEOUS engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 23, 2002.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5RD.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5RD.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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