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N118YV

Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS II

Valid Electric gliderNew York

N118YV is a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS II, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ballston Spa, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 27, 2016 and expires on July 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
FAA spelling: SCHEMPP HIRTH
Model
NIMBUS II
Serial number
25
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A04C25 (octal 50046045)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 27, 2016
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01121942

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mahony John P
Type
Individual
Address
2009 Barrett Rd
Ballston Spa, NY 12020-2816

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