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N2197J

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 9

N2197J is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 9, a balloon with no engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated April 5, 2004.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 9
Serial number
F9-2002
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1DE47 (octal 50357107)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 28, 2022
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · April 5, 2004
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00086189

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

1979-06-12Cessna A188B · exported to Australia · Valid registration

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