Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT
N78FA is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Spring, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated January 24, 2008.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
- Model
- VENTUS 2CT
- Serial number
- 202
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Solo 2350 SER · 26 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- AA8EAB (octal 52507253)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 3, 2025
- Expires
- October 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- October 3, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · January 24, 2008
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00453669
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Barchie James A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 24906 Auburn Bend Dr
Spring, TX 77389-4355
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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