Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS
N990DD is a Schempp-Hirth DUO DISCUS, a glider powered by electric motors, built in 2025. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Richardson, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated January 9, 2026.
Schempp-Hirth: Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schempp-Hirth (Germany)FAA spelling: SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH
- Model
- DUO DISCUS
- Serial number
- 005
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Electric, 1 motor · Schemp Hir FES-DUO-M 100 · 30 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2025
- Transponder code
- ADD2F2 (octal 53351362)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 15, 2025
- Expires
- December 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- December 15, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing; Exhibition · January 9, 2026
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01533823
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gibbons Robert C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 790 Parkview Cir
Richardson, TX 75080
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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