Chris:

The group needed a little more info to answer your question
most correctly. But I think you got the answer you needed,
circuitously.

I would guess from your original post that you are a US citizen,
trying to buy a German registered airframe that happens to be
on a flying holiday in the US.

An airframe registered in a particular country, flown by a pilot of
that same
citizenship, may fly in most ICAO countries without (much)
interference
for recreational uses. But to change the ownership and hence
registration
of ownership to a new nationality requires a de-registration from the
current
country. (One airframe doesn't get to wear an "N" number and a "D"
number
at the same time.)

Bert is likely pretty correct on the LBA's procedures, and others are
helpful in telling you that most of Europe goes to the beach (or
somewhere)
on vacation for all of August. So, hopefully, LBA will spit out
documents
for you in a few more weeks.

But the one wrinkle that was wrong..... a glider doesn't have to be
LBA
type certified to leave Germany and fly in the US. It could be
factory
built or not, leave it's home country, and be licensed for
Airworthiness in the US
under Experimental Airworthiness - Air Racing. Many lovely gliders,
mostly
single-place, fly here in that manner.

Cindy B
SSA Governmental Liaison Committee
www.caracolesoaring.com


On Aug 22, 12:52 am, "Bert Willing" bw_no_spam_ple...@tango-
whisky.com wrote:
If the glider is type certified in Germany (which it is most probably
because otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to fly in the US),


I am buying a used glider and it's in the US. Is
there a German website that would show aircraft registry with names
next to registration numbers like we have here in the US?