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N15049

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15

N15049 is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2002 and expires on January 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-2025
Type
Balloon
Power
None
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A0CD35 (octal 50146465)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 18, 2002
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00013099

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Butler William M
Type
Individual
Address
22 Camino Valle Verde
Alamogordo, NM 88310-9308

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 1

1955-03-04Taylor E-2 · Valid registration

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