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N97RD

Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS

Valid Electric gliderTexas

N97RD is a Schempp-Hirth STANDARD CIRRUS, a glider with no engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Corpus Christi, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated February 27, 1973.

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

Aircraft

Maker
Schempp-Hirth (Germany)
Model
STANDARD CIRRUS
Serial number
288G
Type
Glider
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
AD82C7 (octal 53301307)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 2, 2025
Expires
April 30, 2032
Last FAA action
April 2, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Glider · February 27, 1973
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00523462

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hall John E
Type
Individual
Address
4426 Clearwater Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78413-2620

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