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Electric and sustainable aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Jonker Sailplanes JS3 RES
N111WR is a Jonker Sailplanes JS3 RES, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2023. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Midlothian, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated November 15, 2023.
Jonker Sailplanes: JS3 RES electric self-launch
Where is it now Last seen October 8 at 4:59 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Jonker Sailplanes (South Africa)FAA spelling: JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD
- Model
- JS3 RES · all JS3 RESs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A carbon-fibre glider. This is how the Jonker Sailplanes JS3 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 03-189
- Type
- GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Solo EMRAX 208 · 115 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2023
- Transponder code
- A031EE (octal 50030756)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 17, 2023
- Expires
- October 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 15, 2023
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01424697
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ruehle William R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2560 Eagles Nest Ct
Midlothian, TX 76065-4700
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Connections how N111WR links to the rest of the register
- Jonker Sailplanes JS3 34 registered
- Jonker Sailplanes 50 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Solo EMRAX 208 16 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Midlothian, TX 184 aircraft registered in this town
- Eagle'S Nest Estates Airport · T56
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- Where N111WR is now · Last seen October 8 at 4:59 pm.
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The public federal record on N111WR, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Ruehle William R, an individual, certificate issued October 17, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; racing, dated November 15, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 03-189 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N111WR was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Quartz Mountain Aerospace Inc 11E (serial 11E-1002, cancelled August 18, 2017); Learjet Inc 25 (serial 022, cancelled October 30, 1997); Bell 206L (serial 45117, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
No NTSB investigation records located under N111WR. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data