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N1526U

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-B

Valid Michigan

N1526U 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 Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 17, 2001 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 3, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-B
Serial number
11103
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1981
Transponder code
A0D4DA (octal 50152332)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 17, 2001
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · November 3, 1981
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00733680

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Payne Ralph J
Type
Individual
Address
3825 E Center Rd
Hastings, MI 49058-9108

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