Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B
N597MD is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in University Park, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 27, 2007 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated March 31, 2005.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS-2B
- Serial number
- 162
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- None · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A7B87F (octal 51734177)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 27, 2007
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · March 31, 2005
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00165809
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Maughmer Mark D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 229 Hammond Bldg
University Park, PA 16802-1401
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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