{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2005-03-31","airworthiness_ops":"Racing; Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-06-27","city":"UNIVERSITY PARK","country_code":"US","county_code":"027","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":"2027-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-07","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3802053","mode_s_code":"51734177","mode_s_hex":"A7B87F","model":"VENTUS-2B","n_number":"N597MD","name":"MAUGHMER MARK D","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N597MD is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B, a glider with no engine, built in 2004. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in University Park, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 27, 2007 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated March 31, 2005.","region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"162","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"229 HAMMOND BLDG","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00165809","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N597MD","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"168021401"}