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N157K

Schempp-Hirth DISCUS 2A

Valid Electric gliderDistrict of Columbia

N157K is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS 2A, a glider with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Washington, District of Columbia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 11, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 27, 2011.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
DISCUS 2A
Serial number
15
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A0E511 (octal 50162421)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 11, 2011
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · August 27, 2011
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00873926

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shelton Steven D
Type
Individual
Address
4636 Tilden St NW
Washington, DC 20016-5616

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1982-07-29Curtiss Wright C-46A · Administratively canceled

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