Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT
N697MH is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Hickory, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated January 26, 2006.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS 2CT
- Serial number
- 163
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · None NONE
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A945D2 (octal 52242722)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 26, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · January 26, 2006
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00224859
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pate Earl G
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4460 3Rd St NW
Hickory, NC 28601-9008
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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