Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B
N257SB is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 2002 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated September 27, 2002.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- DISCUS-2B
- Serial number
- 145
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A27311 (octal 50471421)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 20, 2002
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · September 27, 2002
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00003329
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Duncan Marvin H JR
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 94 Beacon St
Marblehead, MA 01945-2623
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