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N117TB

Schempp-Hirth DISCUS A

Valid Electric gliderPennsylvania

N117TB is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS A, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated May 21, 1986.

Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
DISCUS A
Serial number
17
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A047DF (octal 50043737)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 2, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · May 21, 1986
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00041355

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Saunders Christopher D
Type
Co-owned
Address
3778 Interchange Rd
Lehighton, PA 18235-9309
Co-owners
Bradley Joseph M

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data