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N6486

Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS

Valid Electric gliderKansas

N6486 is a Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1971. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated July 19, 1972.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
STANDARD CIRRUS
Serial number
129
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A8861D (octal 52103035)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 7, 2021
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · July 19, 1972
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00502456

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rippy Robert
Type
Individual
Address
3956 N Sweet Bay Ct
Wichita, KS 67226-3506

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

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