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VENTUS-2B — Schempp-hirth VENTUS-2B

Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B
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Year
Owner
Schempp-hirth
Last seen
MTOW
525 kg
Range
0 nm
Seats
1
VENTUS-2Bhover
Schempp-hirth · VENTUS-2B
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
33
Active
22
Origin
DE
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
GLID
GLID
525 kg
VENT
VENT
600 kg80 kt
Same family

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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS G04CE · 3 · issued 2005-11-23

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS G04CE), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

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Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2Bmarket & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

24 yearsmedian age

Of the 26 registered Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B with a known build year (79% of the 33 we track), the median age is 24 years.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
1
Tracked flights
8
Tracked flight hours
8
Share of fleet flying
3%

1 Schempp-Hirth VENTUS-2B were tracked flying in the last 90 days (3% of the registered fleet), across 8 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.