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N461BH

Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS

Valid Electric gliderNevada

N461BH is a Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Carson City, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. 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
Model
DUO DISCUS
Serial number
556
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A59D73 (octal 51316563)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 24, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
March 28, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01012287

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dingess James David
Type
Individual
Address
1101 Coral Way
Carson City, NV 89703-4952

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