Models · Globe · Piston singles · data as of October 2, 2026

Globe GC-1 Swift

426 on the U.S. register across 2 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1946 to 1957; half of them date from 1946 or earlier. Texas has the most (57). 19% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

Globe GC-1: American sport aircraft — Photo: Photo by Eric Gideon (en:User:Ericg), CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Globe GC-1 Swift on Wikipedia

About the GC-1 from the FAA's model table

Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power: Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines: Cont Motor C125 Series (214), Cont Motor C145 Series (60), Cont Motor 0-300 Ser (28)
Seats: 2
Cruise speed: about 105 mph
Maker on the register: Globe
Registered: earliest certificate April 6, 1965; newest September 28, 2026

Where they are owner's state

Texas57California44Washington23Florida23Georgia22Nevada19Minnesota19Arizona15Tennessee14Colorado12Ohio11North Carolina11

Who owns them registrant type

Individual303 (71%)LLC46 (11%)Co-owned41 (10%)Corporation33 (8%)Partnership2 (0.5%)Government1 (0.2%)

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

Version	Registered	Built	Share
GC-1B	395	1946 to 1957	92.7%
GC-1A	31	1945 to 1954	7.3%

When they were built by decade · 85 with no year on file

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registration status

Valid426 (100%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard402 (94%)None on file15 (4%)Experimental9 (2%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Swift Museum Foundation INC6Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee4Cc Motors LLC3Port Townsend Aero Museum2Zoom Leasing LLC1Yak Training LLC1Woxof LLC1Woelbing Aviation LLC1Windsock Capital LLC1Western Carolina Aviation LLC1Warbird Leasing LLC1Warbird Adventures INC1

Fleet pages: Swift Museum Foundation INC · Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee · Cc Motors LLC · Port Townsend Aero Museum · Woelbing Aviation LLC · Windsock Capital LLC · Warbird Adventures INC

Accident history NTSB records · 73 cases since 1982, 16 fatal

2024-07-05CEN24LA256 · GC-1B N80740 · accident near Lone Oak, TX · minor injuries

2024-03-02CEN24FA125 · GC-1B N2387B · accident near Afton, MN · 2 killed

2023-04-14WPR23LA161 · GC-1B N80922 · accident near Concord, CA · no injuries

2022-04-14CEN22LA180 · GC-1B N78096 · accident near Huntsville, TX · serious injuries

2021-12-04ERA22LA081 · GC-1B N7824S · accident near Bennettsville, SC · serious injuries

2013-08-18CEN13CA494 · GC-1B N7BR · accident near Santa Teresa, NM · no injuries

2013-06-01ERA13LA264 · GC-1B N3715K · accident near Williamson, SC · serious injuries

2013-05-19WPR13CA240 · GC-1B N3802K · accident near Tucson, AZ · no injuries

The 8 most recent of 73 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Globe GC-1 Swift aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

426 as of October 2, 2026, counting 2 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Globe GC-1s?

Texas, with 57.

Who owns the Globe GC-1?

19% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 395 GC-1B (all versions)

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N853E	Globe GC-1B	David 30 LLC Boise, Idaho	Standard	2023-03-15	Valid
N3393K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2023-02-28	Valid
N3802K	Globe GC-1B	Service Air Corps Dallas, Texas	Standard	2023-02-21	Valid
N78121	Globe GC-1B	Texas Airtime LLC Fort Worth, Texas	Standard	2023-02-14	Valid
N78277	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-02-06	Valid
N266JT	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	None on file	2023-01-26	Valid
N80600	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-01-21	Valid
N2449B	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2023-01-20	Valid
N2LM	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-01-19	Valid
N78199	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N3801K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-12-15	Valid
N2334B	Globe GC-1B	N2334B LLC Omaha, Nebraska	Standard	2022-12-01	Valid
N3834K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2022-11-11	Valid
N80986	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2022-09-14	Valid
N3760K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2022-09-08	Valid
N17SY	Globe GC-1B	Seven Sierra Yankee LLC Monroeville, Pennsylvania	Standard	2022-08-20	Valid
N78127	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2022-08-02	Valid
N80850	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-08-01	Valid
N3253K	Globe GC-1B	Warbird Adventures INC Ocoee, Florida	Standard	2022-07-20	Valid
N157TC	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-07-11	Valid
N81MA	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2022-07-09	Valid
N3749K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-06-17	Valid
N80741	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-06-14	Valid
N3378K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-06-01	Valid
N3323K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2022-05-11	Valid
N3755K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2022-05-03	Valid
N80571	Globe GC-1B	Western Carolina Aviation LLC Andrews, North Carolina	Standard	2022-04-06	Valid
N77TK	Globe GC-1B	Cc Motors LLC Redding, California	Standard	2022-02-19	Valid
N3283K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2021-12-29	Valid
N78244	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2021-12-18	Valid
N2453B	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-11-27	Valid
N3357K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2021-11-20	Valid
N3756K	Globe GC-1B	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2021-11-20	Valid
N3243K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-11-02	Valid
N958M	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2021-10-26	Valid
N3207K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N80772	Globe GC-1B	Port Townsend Aero Museum Port Townsend, Washington	Standard	2021-10-07	Valid
N2369B	Globe GC-1B	Cc Motors LLC Redding, California	Standard	2021-10-06	Valid
N80647	Globe GC-1B	Cc Motors LLC Redding, California	Standard	2021-10-06	Valid
N80694	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-10-06	Valid
N78237	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2021-09-30	Valid
N80817	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-08-31	Valid
N3344K	Globe GC-1B	Kremmling Flying INC Kremmling, Colorado	Standard	2021-08-25	Valid
N80888	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-08-25	Valid
N78116	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-08-20	Valid
N90392	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-08-20	Valid
N90355	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2021-08-06	Valid
N2410B	Globe GC-1B	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2021-07-20	Valid
N80999	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-06-17	Valid
N80933	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-06-09	Valid
N78070	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2021-05-24	Valid
N78276	Globe GC-1B	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2021-05-04	Valid
N6LM	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2021-04-16	Valid
N88VA	Globe GC-1B	So Send I You LLC Cheyenne, Wyoming	Standard	2021-04-15	Valid
N80615	Globe GC-1B	Permian Basin Blue Sky Medical Supply INC Odessa, Texas	Standard	2021-03-02	Valid
N80953	Globe GC-1B	Benson Wayne L Wurtsboro, New York	Standard	2021-03-02	Valid
N80829	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2021-02-20	Valid
N80819	Globe GC-1B	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2021-01-09	Valid
N3787K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2021-01-07	Valid
N80932	Globe GC-1B	Swift Museum Foundation INC Athens, Tennessee	Standard	2020-12-10	Valid
N7764C	Globe GC-1B	Jrh Trading LLC Grapevine, Texas	Standard	2020-12-01	Valid
N80564	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2020-11-23	Valid
N80989	Globe GC-1B	Aviation Trust Company LLC Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Standard	2020-11-13	Valid
N78194	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2020-10-15	Valid
N80644	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-10-06	Valid
N78006	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2020-09-21	Valid
N90373	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-09-21	Valid
N78191	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2020-09-17	Valid
N80997	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-07-16	Valid
N80901	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2020-07-13	Valid
N4487Z	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner New York	Standard	2020-06-01	Valid
N78282	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-05-21	Valid
N3240K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2020-04-20	Valid
N78077	Globe GC-1B	Jensen Aviation INC South Haven, Michigan	Standard	2020-04-10	Valid
N3395K	Globe GC-1B	Woxof LLC Advance, North Carolina	Standard	2020-03-03	Valid
N78071	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2020-03-03	Valid
N801JF	Globe GC-1B	Warbird Leasing LLC Santa Fe, New Mexico	Standard	2020-02-10	Valid
N31W	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2020-01-30	Valid
N3293K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-01-16	Valid
N3772K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2020-01-07	Valid
N76JB	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner New York	Standard	2020-01-06	Valid
N90394	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-12-17	Valid
N3318K	Globe GC-1B	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2019-09-04	Valid
N3890K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-08-29	Valid
N78000	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2019-08-23	Valid
N3770K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-08-16	Valid
N3297K	Globe GC-1B	Elevate780 LLC Burlington, Wisconsin	Standard	2019-08-02	Valid
N2361B	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Experimental	2019-06-12	Valid
N3327K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner	None on file	2019-05-08	Valid
N3368K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-04-18	Valid
N90325	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2019-04-17	Valid
N217LP	Globe GC-1B	Swift Museum Foundation Athens, Tennessee	Experimental	2019-04-16	Valid
N80603	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2019-03-29	Valid
N2383B	Globe GC-1B	Art-Ticulate Tees LLC Hazard, Kentucky	Standard	2019-03-09	Valid
N78267	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2019-02-20	Valid
N81CW	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2019-01-22	Valid
N3351K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2019-01-08	Valid
N80786	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2018-12-13	Valid
N3321K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2018-11-17	Valid
N3313K	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2018-10-10	Valid