Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS
N57FW is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS, a glider with no engine, built in 1999. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Newnan, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated July 14, 2016.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- DISCUS CS
- Serial number
- 260CS
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A74CA2 (octal 51646242)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 8, 2017
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · July 14, 2016
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00775812
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Abell Michael J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 15 Crescent Cir
Newnan, GA 30265-3844
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