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N142K

Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4D

Valid Electric gliderDelaware

N142K is a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 4D, a glider with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Nimbus 4 INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 1998 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 29, 1998.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
NIMBUS 4D
Serial number
9
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A0AAFF (octal 50125377)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 20, 1998
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · August 29, 1998
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00383726

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nimbus 4 INC
Type
Corporation
Address
3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902

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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