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N1516T

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7

Valid Michigan

N1516T is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7, a balloon with no engine, built in 1981. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Davisburg, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 1982 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated October 15, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7
Serial number
11088
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A0D122 (octal 50150442)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 18, 1982
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · October 15, 1981
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00183430

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Meteyer Richard L
Type
Individual
Address
7658 Dilley Rd
Davisburg, MI 48350

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.

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