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N1511Y

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B

Valid Iowa

N1511Y is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1982. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Newton, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2011 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 9, 1982.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-B
Serial number
F7B-025
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1982
Transponder code
A0D078 (octal 50150170)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 28, 2011
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · November 9, 1982
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00150012

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wildung Michael P
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1001
Newton, IA 50208-1001

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

1962-10-29Cessna 172C · exported to France · Valid registration

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