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N87BD

Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B

Valid Electric gliderNew York

N87BD is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS B, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rensselaer, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
DISCUS B
Serial number
78
Type
Glider
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ABF41A (octal 52772032)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 14, 2017
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00334318

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Harrison Lee
Type
Individual
Address
98 Van Dyke Dr S
Rensselaer, NY 12144-9502

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