Staging copy. The live site is at https://staging.data.eflight.com.
eFlight RegistryFAA data, updated daily
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N844DS

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2C

Valid Electric gliderNevada

N844DS is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2C, a glider with no engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Minden, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2002 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated April 23, 2002.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS-2C
Serial number
72
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2002
Transponder code
AB8F11 (octal 52707421)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 19, 2002
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · April 23, 2002
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00724107

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schauer Donald G
Type
Individual
Address
2820 Pamela Pl
Minden, NV 89423-9213

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