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N2198W

Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid New York

N2198W is a Firefly Balloons Inc FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 2003. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2004 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated May 6, 2004.

Aircraft

Maker
Firefly Balloons Inc
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B2050
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
2003
Transponder code
A1DE76 (octal 50357166)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 16, 2004
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · May 6, 2004
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00065779

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wolniak Bruce
Type
Individual
Address
6863 Beech Tree Rd
Auburn, NY 13021-7006

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

1976-05-17Beech B19 · Valid registration

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