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N1509U

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Vermont

N1509U is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Quechee, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 8, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-2010
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A0CDD5 (octal 50146725)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 17, 2011
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · November 8, 2001
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00403947

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ritland Christopher M
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1010
Quechee, VT 05059-1010

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

—Cessna TU206F · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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