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N2553F

Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Valid Michigan

N2553F is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1993. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Highland, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 2004 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 4, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 8B-15
Serial number
F8B-434
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1993
Transponder code
A26CD8 (octal 50466330)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 25, 2004
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 4, 1993
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00514362

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Raya Shawn M
Type
Individual
Address
659 Inverness
Highland, MI 48357-4774

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

1990-10-10Champion 7ECA · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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