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N517BK

Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS II

Valid Electric gliderNevada

N517BK is a Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS II, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Minden, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated July 20, 1979.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
FAA spelling: SCHEMPP HIRTH
Model
NIMBUS II
Serial number
145
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A67B93 (octal 51475623)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 12, 2020
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing · July 20, 1979
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00402165

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Harbison Michael J
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 847
Minden, NV 89423-0847

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