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N1524V

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B

N1524V is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B, a balloon with no engine, built in 1981. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2011 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 9, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-B
Serial number
10319
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1981
Transponder code
A0D495 (octal 50152225)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 23, 2011
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 9, 1981
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00373200

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hooper Kirk M
Type
Individual
Address
628 Lone Pine Dr SW
Albuquerque, NM 87121-5258

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

1970-11-30Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 · Valid registration

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