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N21868

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Colorado

N21868 is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2005. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Montrose, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 23, 2005 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated March 21, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-2069
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A1DA85 (octal 50355205)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 23, 2005
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · March 21, 2005
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00153699

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Simon Eric
Type
Co-owned
Address
1509 Dover Rd
Montrose, CO 81401-5133
Co-owners
Simon Jodie

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 4

1998-03-31Raytheon Aircraft Company C90A · exported to Brazil · Valid registration
1994-09-12Hughes 369HS · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration
1991-03-22Piper PA-28-181 · exported to Sweden · Valid registration
1971-09-28Piper J3C-65S · Valid registration

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