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BL-65 — Taylorcraft BL-65

Taylorcraft BL-65
TAYB
Photo: Armchair Aviator's · CC BY 2.0
Year
Owner
Taylorcraft
Last seen
MTOW
500 kg
Range
200 nm
Seats
2
BL-65hover
Taylorcraft · BL-65
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
152
Active
138
Type
Piston
Origin
US
Powerplants
0-145A SERIES · 0-145B SERIES · A&C65 SERIES · +4 more
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
TAYA
TAYA
200 nm70 kt2
TAYB
TAYB
0-145A SERIES500 kg430 nm83 kt2
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS A-700 · 5 · issued 1969-11-01

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS A-700), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

Read the TCDS (PDF) →
Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Taylorcraft BL-65market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Taylorcraft BL-65 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

86 yearsmedian age

Of the 110 registered Taylorcraft BL-65 with a known build year (72% of the 152 we track), the median age is 86 years.