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N1517V

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15

Valid Texas

N1517V is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2001. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Leakey, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 19, 2001 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated August 23, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 7-15
Serial number
F7-2007
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2001
Transponder code
A0D147 (octal 50150507)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 19, 2001
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · August 23, 2001
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00164044

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lewis John R
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 566
Leakey, TX 78873-0566

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 3

1991-12-13Air Tractor Inc AT-401 · exported to Mexico · Valid registration
1989-11-01Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1974-10-21Cessna 172M · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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