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N2428Z

General Balloon Corp NEWPORT

N2428Z is a General Balloon Corp NEWPORT, a balloon with no engine, built in 1978. It is registered to an individual in Apple Valley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated May 3, 2016.

Aircraft

Maker
General Balloon Corp
Model
NEWPORT
Serial number
8101
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
0
Year built
1978
Transponder code
A23AF5 (octal 50435365)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 1, 2023
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · May 3, 2016
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00322582

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bechtold Larry E
Type
Individual
Address
22240 Nisqually Rd
Apple Valley, CA 92308-6515

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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