Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N38U

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B

Valid Electric gliderTexas

N38U is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-B, a glider with no engine, built in 1982. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated October 19, 1982.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS-B
Serial number
102
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1982
Transponder code
A45AB3 (octal 51055263)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 7, 2018
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · October 19, 1982
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00470214

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lagrone Travis L
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 19938
Houston, TX 77224-1938

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