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N8747

Schempp-Hirth KA8B

Valid Electric gliderKansas

N8747 is a Schempp-Hirth KA8B, a glider with no engine, built in 1970. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
KA8B
Serial number
SH8639
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1970
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AC087F (octal 53004177)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 4, 2015
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00362181

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Clayton Harry L
Type
Co-owned
Address
11701 E 69Th St N
Wichita, KS 67226-8512
Co-owners
Erlenwein Susan D

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