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N505DG

Glaser-Dirks DG 500 ELAN

Valid Texas

N505DG is a Glaser-Dirks DG 500 ELAN, a glider with no engine, built in 1997. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bellaire, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 1998 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 25, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Glaser-Dirks
Model
DG 500 ELAN
Serial number
5E175X27
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
2
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A64CD5 (octal 51446325)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 16, 1998
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · February 25, 1998
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00866981

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dunning Frank B
Type
Individual
Address
4403 Verone St
Bellaire, TX 77401-5211

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