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
N48DM

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6

Valid Electric gliderCalifornia

N48DM is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6, a glider with no engine, built in 1984. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Santa Cruz, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated March 28, 1985.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS B/16.6
Serial number
201
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1984
Transponder code
A5E697 (octal 51363227)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 20, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 20, 2026
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · March 28, 1985
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00180135

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Osterlund Stanislav
Type
Individual
Address
711 Seabright Ave Apt 8
Santa Cruz, CA 95062-3455

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