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N171JW

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 3E

Valid Electric gliderElectricDelaware

N171JW is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 3E, a glider powered by electric motors. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Jw Racing INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. 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 FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH
Model
VENTUS 3E
Serial number
282ES
Type
Glider
Power
Electric, 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A11DC1 (octal 50216701)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 17, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 17, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01575839

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jw Racing INC
Type
Corporation
Address
108 W 13Th St # 105
Wilmington, DE 19801-1145

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

2019-11-20Schempp-Hirth DISCUS A · exported to Germany · Valid registration

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