{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1999-05-27","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-12-14","city":"EAST QUOGUE","country_code":"US","county_code":"103","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"38019VR","mode_s_code":"50451574","mode_s_hex":"A2537C","model":"DISCUS BT","n_number":"N249XA","name":"BEST L/D LLC","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N249XA is a Schempp-Hirth DISCUS BT, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 1991. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Best L/D LLC, an LLC in East Quogue, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 14, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated May 27, 1999.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"57","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"42 PEACOCK PATH","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00963717","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N249XA","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":1991,"zip":"119424137"}