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N2553H

Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15

Valid Alabama

N2553H is a Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15, a balloon with no engine, built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Decatur, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for balloon, dated June 9, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Balloon Works
Model
FIREFLY 7-15
Serial number
F7-790
Type
Balloon
Power
None · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1992
Transponder code
A26CDA (octal 50466332)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 12, 2022
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Balloon · June 9, 1992
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00143932

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brakeman David M
Type
Individual
Address
1406 Grant St SE
Decatur, AL 35601-3302

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

1988-10-12Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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