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N8186, a Galaxy Unmanned Systems GC-35-E2
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N8186

Galaxy Unmanned Systems GC-35-E2

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectricTexas
Records check, free: 1 to understand, 4 clearWhere is it now

N8186 is a Galaxy Unmanned Systems GC-35-E2, an airship powered by electric motors. It is registered to Galaxy Unmanned Systems, a corporation in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

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Aircraft

Maker
Galaxy Unmanned Systems
Model
GC-35-E2
Serial number
GC00003
Type
Blimp or dirigibleFAA type of aircraft code 3 (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, 2 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AB2A3E (octal 52625076)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 26, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 26, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01506669

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Galaxy Unmanned Systems
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
5001 North Fwy Ste 119
Fort Worth, TX 76106-1802

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N8186 links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N8186, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Galaxy Unmanned Systems, a corporation, certificate issued September 26, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial GC00003 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N8186 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N8186. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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.

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data