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N57CG

Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS

Valid Electric gliderIllinois

N57CG is a Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Chicago Glider Club, a corporation in Minooka, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 21, 1999 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated August 2, 1999.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU
Model
DUO DISCUS
Serial number
217
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A74C49 (octal 51646111)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 21, 1999
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · August 2, 1999
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00915822

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chicago Glider Club
Type
Corporation
Address
26045 W Airport Rd
Minooka, IL 60447-9221

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1985-02-01Gardner Richard T RV-4 · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data