{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1986-05-21","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-05-02","city":"LEHIGHTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"025","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-02","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"38019VP","mode_s_code":"50043737","mode_s_hex":"A047DF","model":"DISCUS A","n_number":"N117TB","name":"SAUNDERS CHRISTOPHER D","num_engines":0,"other_names":"BRADLEY JOSEPH M","plain_english":"N117TB is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS A, a glider with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated May 21, 1986.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":1,"serial_number":"17","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3778 INTERCHANGE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00041355","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N117TB","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"182359309"}