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N242MS

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15

N242MS is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated November 12, 1997.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7B-15
Serial number
F7B-379
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A23891 (octal 50434221)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 20, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
June 24, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · November 12, 1997
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00406861

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Scott Michael R
Type
Co-owned
Address
285 Tigris Rd NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124-4802
Co-owners
Scott Josephine R

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