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N71EM

Schempp-Hirth DISCUS 2A

Valid Electric gliderCalifornia

N71EM is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS 2A, a glider with no engine, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Tehachapi, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated July 6, 2015.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
DISCUS 2A
Serial number
6
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A97A24 (octal 52275044)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 23, 2019
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · July 6, 2015
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00003726

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Grandstaff Sylvia C
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 2313
Tehachapi, CA 93581-2313

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