{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-01-24","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition; Racing","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-10-03","city":"SPRING","country_code":"US","county_code":"201","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"58107","engine_horsepower":26,"engine_maker":"SOLO","engine_model":"2350 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-10-03","maker":"Schempp-Hirth","maker_country":"DE","maker_raw":"SCHEMPP-HIRTH","maker_segment":"Electric glider","mfr_mdl_code":"3800267","mode_s_code":"52507253","mode_s_hex":"AA8EAB","model":"VENTUS 2CT","n_number":"N78FA","name":"BARCHIE JAMES A","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N78FA is a Schempp-Hirth VENTUS 2CT, a glider with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Spring, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated January 24, 2008.","region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"202","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"24906 AUBURN BEND DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"00453669","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N78FA","watchlist_group":"Electric glider","watchlist_note":"Ventus and Discus with electric self-launch","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2007,"zip":"773894355"}