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N917VW

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2A

Valid Electric gliderVermont

N917VW is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2A, a glider with no engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Moretown, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated September 26, 2003.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
VENTUS 2A
Serial number
153
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
2
Year built
2003
Transponder code
ACB29C (octal 53131234)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 13, 2020
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition; Racing · September 26, 2003
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00064849

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Larsen Robert T
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 467
Moretown, VT 05660-0467

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2001-06-18Presco Joseph D FTF-2 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data