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N15017

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Texas

N15017 is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Grand Prairie, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2005 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 11, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-2003
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2001
Transponder code
A0CCCA (octal 50146312)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 11, 2005
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 11, 2001
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00803784

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Runge David B
Type
Individual
Address
1621 S Bent Tree Trl
Grand Prairie, TX 75052-1603

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1998-05-14Lockheed L-1011-385-1 · Valid registration
1937-04-01Brush Joseph BRUSH A · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data