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N151DW

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

N151DW is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Brandon, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 20, 2010 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated July 8, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-502
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A0CE46 (octal 50147106)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 20, 2010
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · July 8, 1996
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00235971

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sharpee Thomas R
Type
Co-owned
Address
400 E Beechnut St
Brandon, SD 57005-1214
Co-owners
Anson Jeanne M

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